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

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Record #153 from Abstracts from William Still's Underground Railroad

Traveler's Names Andrew Jackson
Age
Description
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Origin- Town/City Cecil
Origin- County
Origin- State Delaware
Destination Canada
Birthplace
Slaveowner's Name Thomas Palmer
Chapter Title Arrival from different points
Page Number 516
Other Travelers jacob Brown, james Harris, Benjamin Piney, John Smith, Andrew Jackson, William Hughes, Wesley Williams Rosanna Johnson, John Smallwood, Henry Townsend
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Full Narrative ANDREW JACKSON " took out " from near Cecil, Delaware, where he had been owned by a man calling himself Thomas Palmer, who owned seven or eight others. His manners were by no means agreeable to Andrew ; he was quite too " blustery," and was dangerous when in one of his fits. Although Andrew was but twenty-three years of age, he thought that Palmer had already had much more of his valuable services than he was entitled to, and he determined, that if he (the master), ever attempted to capture him, he would make him remember him the longest day he lived.

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