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Maryland Penitentiary Records (Maryland State Archives: Beneath the Underground database)

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Record #1

County Worcester
Crime enticing slaves to run away
Date November 21, 1839
First Name Jesse
Surname Hudson
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County Worcester
County Convicted WO
Crime enticing slaves to run away
Date November 21, 1839
First Name Jesse
Surname Hudson
Status –
Details Complexion: Negro
Duration Of Servitude: 3 years
Prisoner No: 3280
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Record #2

County Worcester
Crime Enticing Slaves To Run Away
Date November 21, 1839
First Name Jesse
Surname Hudson
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County Worcester
County Convicted WO
Crime Enticing Slaves To Run Away
Date November 21, 1839
First Name Jesse
Surname Hudson
Status –
Details Complexion: Negro
Duration Of Servitude: until 1 June 1842 & 3 years
How Discharged: Died on January 8, 1844
Prisoner No: 3280
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Record #3

County Talbot
Crime 1) stealing watch, 2) Assisting A Slave To Run Away
Date November 30, 1849
First Name Frisby
Surname Johns
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County Talbot
County Convicted TA
Crime 1) stealing watch, 2) Assisting A Slave To Run Away
Date November 30, 1849
First Name Frisby
Surname Johns
Status –
Details Complexion: Mulatto
Duration Of Servitude: 2 yrs 6 mos, 4 years from May 30 May 1852
How Discharged: ?
Prisoner No: 4289
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Record #4

County Talbot
Crime enticing a slave to run away
Date May 22, 1828
First Name Joseph
Surname Dickson
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County Talbot
County Convicted TA
Crime enticing a slave to run away
Date May 22, 1828
First Name Joseph
Surname Dickson
Status –
Details Complexion: Fair
Duration Of Servitude: 5 years
How Discharged: Time Expired
Prisoner No: 1986
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Record #5

County Somerset
Crime For suffering herself to be got with child by negro
Date October 27, 1868
First Name Maria
Surname Shores
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County Somerset
County Convicted SO
Crime For suffering herself to be got with child by negro
Date October 27, 1868
First Name Maria
Surname Shores
Status –
Details Complexion: White
Duration Of Servitude: until May 1, 1871
How Discharged: Pardoned on May 14, 1870
Prisoner No: 7036
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Record #6

County Dorchester
Crime Enticing, Persuading, Assisting Slaves To Runaway
Date November 18, 1858
First Name Hugh
Surname Hazlett
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County Dorchester
County Convicted DO
Crime Enticing, Persuading, Assisting Slaves To Runaway
Date November 18, 1858
First Name Hugh
Surname Hazlett
Status –
Details Complexion: Fair
Duration Of Servitude: 44yrs, 6mo, 9days
How Discharged: Pardoned on December 19, 1864
Prisoner No: 5324
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Record #7

County Dorchester
Crime Persuading Slaves To Runaway
Date May 19, 1862
First Name William
Surname Hill
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County Dorchester
County Convicted DO
Crime Persuading Slaves To Runaway
Date May 19, 1862
First Name William
Surname Hill
Status –
Details Complexion: Mulatto
Duration Of Servitude: until May 14, 1877
How Discharged: Pardoned on February 7, 1865
Prisoner No: 5688
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