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 *Glazier, Ira A., and P. William Filby, eds. ''Germans to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports, 1850-1897.''. 67 Volumes. (Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1988-.) {{FHL|582490|item|disp=FHL book 973 W2ger}}
 *Glazier, Ira A., ed. ''Germans to America - series II: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports in the 1840s''. 7 vols. (Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources Inc., 2002 Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2004.){{FHL|1029014|item|disp=FHL book 973 W2ger Ser. 2}}*Cunz, Dieter. ''The Maryland Germans: A History.'' (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1948.) {{FHL|187114|item|disp=FHL fiche 6048035; book 975.2 F2c.}}
-===== African Slaves  =====
-Slave labor was introduced in the early decades of the seventeenth century when slaves from Barbados were imported to labor in the tobacco fields of southern Maryland. Vast numbers of Blacks were later shipped directly from Africa to the Chesapeake. Some of these Blacks obtained their freedom. By 1800, Maryland had the largest free Black population in the United States.
 ===== Customs Districts  =====