Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #149 from Abstracts from William Still's Underground Railroad

Traveler's Names Henry Fields
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Origin- Town/City Port Deposit
Origin- County Kent Co
Origin- State Maryland
Destination Canada
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Slaveowner's Name
Chapter Title Sundry arrivals from Maryland and Virginia
Page Number 509
Other Travelers Henry Fields, Charles Ringgold, William Ringgold, Isaac Newton, Joseph Thomas
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Full Narrative HENRY FIELDS took the benefit of the Underground Rail Road at the age of eighteen. He fled from the neighborhood of Port Deposit while being " broke in " by a man named Washington Glasby, who was wicked enough to claim him as his property, and was also about to sell him. This chattel was of a light yellow complexion, hearty-looking and wide awake.

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