The Slaves of Bernard M Campbell

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Surnames/tags: slavery black heritage

Bernard Moore Campbell was born about 1805 in Georgia. Bernard M. Campbell, aka, B. M. Campbell on Slave Manifests, was a slave trader^[1]. He traded at times with associate and possible brother, Walter L. Campbell.

Contents 1 Ship Manifests 2 Slave Schedules 3 Slave Sale and Manumission of Elizabeth Dorsey 4 Sources

Ship Manifests

As a trader, he was involved in the transport of enslaved people to locations usually further south. In these transports, the manifests for each ship had to include a first and last name. Often there were more than one trader/owner on these manifests. On the following space page are two transports with the names of the enslaved traded by B M Campbell.

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Slave Schedules

In the 1850 Slave Schedule for Baltimore City, Baltimore, Maryland, Ward 13, he is recorded as B M Campbell owner of 35 slaves.^[2]

Slave Owner	Age	YOB	Gender	Race
B M Campbell	45	1805	Male	Black
B M Campbell	30	1820	Female	Black
B M Campbell	2	1848	Female	Black
B M Campbell	1/12	1850	Male	Black
B M Campbell	35	1815	Female	Mulatto
B M Campbell	26	1824	Female	Mulatto
B M Campbell	25	1825	Female	Black
B M Campbell	22	1828	Female	Black
B M Campbell	20	1830	Female	Black
B M Campbell	1/12	1850	Male	Black
B M Campbell	22	1828	Female	Black
B M Campbell	18	1832	Female	Black
B M Campbell	15	1835	Female	Mulatto
B M Campbell	25	1825	Female	Black
B M Campbell	2/12	1850	Male	Black
B M Campbell	25	1825	Female	Black
B M Campbell	4	1846	Female	Black
B M Campbell	2	1848	Female	Black
B M Campbell	18	1832	Female	Black
B M Campbell	1	1849	Male	Mulatto
B M Campbell	25	1825	Male	Black
B M Campbell	30	1820	Male	Black
B M Campbell	26	1824	Male	Black
B M Campbell	23	1827	Male	Black
B M Campbell	20	1830	Male	Black
B M Campbell	1/12	1850	Female	Black
B M Campbell	20	1830	Male	Black
B M Campbell	30	1820	Male	Black
B M Campbell	25	1825	Male	Black
B M Campbell	20	1830	Male	Black
B M Campbell	10	1840	Male	Black
B M Campbell	10	1840	Male	Mulatto
B M Campbell	18	1832	Male	Mulatto
B M Campbell	14	1836	Male	Mulatto
B M Campbell	20	1830	Male	Mulatto

In the 1860 Slave Schedule for Baltimore City, Baltimore, Maryland, Ward 13, he is recorded as the owner of 50 slaves.^[3]

Slave Owner Name	Age	YOB	Gender	Race	Fugitive
Bernard Campbell	26	1834	Female	Black
Bernard Campbell	24	1836	Female	Mulatto	X
Bernard Campbell	6/12	1859	Female	Mulatto	X
Bernard Campbell	22	1838	Female	Black
Bernard Campbell	25	1835	Male	Mulatto	X
Bernard Campbell	24	1836	Female	Black
Bernard Campbell	6	1854	Male	Black
Bernard Campbell	4	1856	Male	Black
Bernard Campbell	19	1841	Male	Black
Bernard Campbell	26	1834	Female	Black
Bernard Campbell	8	1852	Female	Black
Bernard Campbell	4	1856	Male	Black
Bernard Campbell	3	1857	Female	Black
Bernard Campbell	1	1859	Male	Black
Bernard Campbell	18	1842	Female	Black
Bernard Campbell	23	1837	Male	Black
Bernard Campbell	18	1842	Female	Black
Bernard Campbell	23	1837	Male	Black
Bernard Campbell	35	1825	Male	Black
Bernard Campbell	30	1830	Male	Black
Bernard Campbell	14	1846	Female	Black
Bernard Campbell	16	1844	Female	Black
Bernard Campbell	17	1843	Female	Black		Elizabeth Dorsey?
Bernard Campbell	9	1851	Female	Black
Bernard Campbell	7	1853	Female	Black
Bernard Campbell	38	1822	Male	Black
Bernard Campbell	24	1836	Female	Black
Bernard Campbell	23	1837	Female	Mulatto
Bernard Campbell	8/12	1859	Female	Mulatto
Bernard Campbell	28	1832	Male	Black
Bernard Campbell	24	1836	Male	Black
Bernard Campbell	25	1835	Male	Black
Bernard Campbell	23	1837	Male	Black
Bernard Campbell	19	1841	Male	Mulatto
Bernard Campbell	20	1840	Female	Black
Bernard Campbell	1	1859	Male	Black
Bernard Campbell	19	1841	Female	Black
Bernard Campbell	20	1840	Male	Mulatto
Bernard Campbell	25	1835	Female	Black
Bernard Campbell	19	1841	Male	Black
Bernard Campbell	21	1839	Male	Black
Bernard Campbell	16	1844	Female	Black
Bernard Campbell	21	1839	Male	Black
Bernard Campbell	13	1847	Male	Mulatto
Bernard Campbell	12	1848	Male	Black
Bernard Campbell	17	1843	Female	Black		Elizabeth Dorsey?
Bernard Campbell	21	1839	Male	Black
Bernard Campbell	10	1850	Male	Mulatto
Bernard Campbell	48	1812	Male	Black
Bernard Campbell	35	1825	Female	Mulatto

Slave Sale and Manumission of Elizabeth Dorsey

Transcription of document: “I, Bernard M Campbell, of the city of Baltimore in the State of Maryland in Consideration of Five hundred dollars paid me by Lewis Magruder of Prince George’s County State aforesaid do hereby bargain and sell to the said Lewis Magruder the following property. My negro Servant named Elizabeth Dorsey born on the ninth day of February eighteen hundred & forty three, to serve until the ninth day of February eighteen hundred and seventy eight, when she is to be free and manumitted. She being the negro Servant named and described in a Bill of Sale from Richard Grooms to Bernard M Campbell bearing date the Seventeenth day of September 1859 and recorded among the Chattle Records of Baltimore City in Liber E D No 16 folios 365 g.c. (?). the said negro not to be sold out of the State of Maryland. Witness our hands and seals this thirty first day of December in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Seven. Bernard M Campbell {Seal} Lewis Magruder {Seal} ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2000-07-12-0007120236-story.html
2. ↑ The National Archive in Washington DC; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census Of The United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
3. ↑ The National Archives in Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Eighth Census of the United States 1860; Series Number: M653; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
4. ↑ Records of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Relating to Slaves, 1851–1863. NARA microfilm publication M433, 3 rolls. Records of the District Courts of the United States, Record Group 21. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.