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Charles Ball
Charles Ball wearing the uniform of the U.S. Navy's Chesapeake Bay Flotilla under the command of Commodore Joshua Barney in the War of 1812
Born
Charles Gross
around 1780
Calvert County, Maryland
Died
unknown
Occupations
Enslaved field hand
cook
sailor
Spouse(s)
Judah, Lucy
Children
yes
Military career
Allegiance
United States
Service/branch
U.S. Navy
USS Congress (frigate) (around 1800)
Commodore Joshua Barney's Chesapeake Bay Flotilla (1813-1815)
Battles/wars
War of 1812
Battle of St. Jerome Creek (1814)
Battle of St. Leonard's Creek (1814)
Battle of Queen Anne (1814)
Battle of Bladensburg (1814)
Battle of Baltimore (1814)
Charles Ball (real name Charles Gross;[1]: 515 1780 – unknown) was an enslaved African-American from Maryland, best known for his account as a fugitive slave, Slavery in the United States (1836).
^Michaël Roy (2017). "The Vanishing Slave: Publishing the Narrative of Charles Ball, from Slavery in the United States (1836) to Fifty Years in Chains (1858)". The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America. 111 (4): 513–545. doi:10.1086/694304. S2CID 165257716.
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