Traveler's Names | Perry Shephard |
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Age | – |
Description | – |
Alias | – |
Origin- Town/City | – |
Origin- County | – |
Origin- State | Maryland |
Destination | Canada |
Birthplace | – |
Slaveowner's Name | Sarah Ann Burgess and Benjamin Franklin Houston |
Chapter Title | Captain F. arrives with nine passangers |
Page Number | 319 |
Other Travelers | Perry Shephard, Isaac Reed, George Sperryman, Valentine Spires, Daniel Green, James Johnson and wife Harriett, Henry Cooper, William Israel Smith, Anna Dorsey |
Other Conductors | – |
Additional Names | – |
Method of Travel | – |
Additional Resources | – |
Items in Possession | – |
Full Narrative | PERRY SHEPHARD and ISAAC REED reported themselves as having fled from the Eastern Shore of Maryland ; that they had there been held to service or Slavery by Sarah Ann Burgess, and Benjamin Franklin Houston, from whom they fled. No incidents of slave life or travel were recorded, save that Perry left his wife Milky Ann, and two children, Nancy and Rebecca (free). Also Isaac left his wife, Hester Ann Louisa, and the following named children : Philip Henry, Harriet Ann and Jane Elizabeth. |
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