Charles Ball

Charles Ball
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 c. 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.

[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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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)