| Traveler's Names | Charles Henry Brown |
|---|---|
| Age | 27 |
| Description | not quite medium size with marked features of mind and character |
| Alias | – |
| Origin- Town/City | Cambridge |
| Origin- County | Dorchester |
| Origin- State | Maryland |
| Destination | Canada |
| Birthplace | – |
| Slaveowner's Name | Dr. Richard Dorsey |
| Chapter Title | Part of the arrivals in December, 1855 |
| Page Number | 342 |
| Other Travelers | Thomas Jervis Gooseberry and William Thomas Freeman,Ezekiel Chambers, Henry Hooper, Jacob Hall and wife Henrietta and child, two men from near Chestertown, Md, Fenton Jones, Mary Curtis, William Brown, Charles Henry Brown, Oliver Purnell , Isaac Fidget |
| Other Conductors | – |
| Additional Names | – |
| Method of Travel | – |
| Additional Resources | – |
| Items in Possession | – |
| Full Narrative | CHARLES HENRY BROWN. This " chattel " was owned by Dr. Richard Dorsey, of Cambridge, Maryland. Up to twenty.-seven years of age, he had experienced and observed how slaves were treated in his neighborhood, and he made up his mind that he was not in favor of 'the Institution in any form whatever. Indeed he felt, that for a man to put his hand in his neighbor's pocket and rob him, was nothing compared to the taking of a man's hard earnings from year to year. Really Charles reasoned the case so well, in his uncultured country phrases, that the Committee was rather surprised, and admired his spirit in escaping. He was a man of not quite medium size, with marked features of mind and character. |
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