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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
Diedunknown
Occupations
  • Enslaved field hand
  • cook
  • sailor
Spouse(s)Judah, Lucy
Childrenyes
Military career
AllegianceCharles Ball United States
Service/branch U.S. Navy

USS Congress (frigate) (around 1800)

Commodore Joshua Barney's Chesapeake Bay Flotilla (1813-1815)
Battles/warsWar 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).

  1. ^ 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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