Beneath the Underground: The Flight to Freedom. Icons used in advertisements for runaway slaves by the Planter's Advocate (P.G. Co., ca. 1850s)
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    Fugitives


    Benjamin Allen
    Fled from slavery, Baltimore County, Maryland, 1833 

    Charles Brown
    Fled from slavery, Baltimore County, Maryland, 1835 

    John Hawkins
    Fled from slavery, Baltimore County, Maryland, 1852 

    Tom Hughson
    Fled from slavery, Baltimore County, Maryland, 1847 

    Davy Jones
    Fled from slavery, Baltimore County, Maryland, 1846 

    Henry Jones
    Fled from slavery, Baltimore County, Maryland, 1853 

    John Kyle
    Fled from slavery, Baltimore County, Maryland, 1846 

    Mark Posey
    Fled from slavery, Baltimore County, Maryland, 1863 

    Rebecca Posey
    Fled from slavery, Baltimore County, Maryland, 1852 

    James Watkins
    Fled from slavery, Baltimore County, Maryland, 1844 



    Accomplices


    Mary Ann Coates
    Accomplice to slave flight, Baltimore County, Maryland, 1862

    John Robinson
    Accomplice to slave flight, Baltimore County, Maryland, 1841

    James Wilson
    Accomplice to slave flight, Baltimore County, Maryland, 1841

    Joseph Sinnett
    Accomplice to slave flight, Baltimore County, Maryland, 1852

    Rev. Charles T. Torrey
    Accomplice to slave flight, Baltimore County, Maryland, 1844



    Other


    Edward Gorsuch
    Slave owner, Baltimore County, Maryland, 19th Century 

    Ellick
    Slave of Charles Ridgely at Hampton Plantation, Baltimore County, Maryland, 1829


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