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John L. Carey

d. 1852

A 19th-century lawyer and newspaper editor, he was linked to both the Baltimore American and the New Orleans Crescent. His life ended suddenly in New Orleans during a cholera outbreak in December 1852.

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Slavery in Maryland briefly considered

Slavery in Maryland briefly considered

by John L. Carey

About the author

Little biographical information is easy to confirm, but reliable museum records identify him as a lawyer and editor connected with the Baltimore American and the New Orleans Crescent.

The same record says he died of cholera in New Orleans, Louisiana, on December 14, 1852, and that he was unmarried.

A surviving daguerreotype portrait is held by the Maryland Center for History and Culture, which helps preserve one of the few clearly documented traces of his life.