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    Fugitives


    Charles
    Fled from slavery, Somerset County, Maryland, 1844

    Daniel
    Fled from slavery, Somerset County, Maryland, 1852

    Dennis
    Fled from slavery, Somerset County, Maryland

    Alexander Donoho
    Fled from slavery, Somerset County, Maryland

    George
    Fled from slavery, Somerset County, Maryland

    James Henry
    Fled from slavery, Somerset County, Maryland, 1856

    Hezekiah
    Fled from slavery, Somerset County, Maryland, 1844

    Issac
    Fled from slavery, Somerset County, Maryland, 1854

    Joshua
    Fled from slavery, Somerset County, Maryland, 1854

    W.H. Long
    Fled from slavery, Somerset County, Maryland

    Saul
    Fled from slavery, Somerset County, Maryland, 1840

    Spencer Waters
    Fled from slavery, Somerset County, Maryland

    John Weatherby
    Fled from slavery, Somerset County, Maryland, 1842

    Levin Wilson
    Fled from slavery, Somerset County, Maryland, 1841


    Other


    Wesley Armstrong
    Property Owner/Slave Holder, Somerset County, Maryland

    Morris Carey
    Property Owner/Slave Holder, Somerset County, Maryland

    William Colburn
    Property Owner/Slave Holder, Somerset County, Maryland

    Samuel Conway
    Property Owner/Slave Holder, Somerset County, Maryland

    Alexander Donoho
    Property Owner/Slave Holder, Somerset County, Maryland

    William T. Fleming
    Property Owner/Slave Holder, Somerset County, Maryland

    William Hitch
    Property Owner/Slave Holder, Somerset County, Maryland

    Levi Howarth
    Property Owner/Slave Holder, Somerset County, Maryland

    John
    Property Owner/Slave Holder, Somerset County, Maryland

    George Johnson
    Property Owner/Slave Holder, Somerset County, Maryland

    Marcellus Jones
    Property Owner/Slave Holder, Somerset County, Maryland

    Sarah Jones
    Property Owner/Slave Holder, Somerset County, Maryland

    Leah and children
    Property Owner/Slave Holder, Somerset County, Maryland

    John McIntire
    Property Owner/Slave Holder, Somerset County, Maryland

    Thomae Robenson
    Property Owner/Slave Holder, Somerset County, Maryland

    Charolette Roberts
    Property Owner/Slave Holder, Somerset County, Maryland

    Ann Walter
    Property Owner/Slave Holder, Somerset County, Maryland

    Joseph Wetherly
    Property Owner/Slave Holder, Somerset County, Maryland

    William Williams
    Property Owner/Slave Holder, Somerset County, Maryland


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