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.
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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
- ↑ https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2000-07-12-0007120236-story.html
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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.
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