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

Record Detail

Record #59 from Slave Jail Records (Maryland State Archives: Beneath the Underground database)

Claims Free
Committal Note
Committed As runaway
Committed By Whiteley
County Baltimore
Date Admitted 1829/04/25
Date (Day) 25
Date (Month) April
Date (Year) 1829
Docket Number 233
County Fled From Dorchester
State Fled From Maryland
Fugitive Name Nancy
Fugitive Surname
First Name John (late of Dorchester Co.)
Surname Merkins
Release by Order of Lewis Baltzell
Release Date 1829/05/20
Details Committed As Sign: Penn, Constable Fugitive Alias: Hannah Source: BALTIMORE COUNTY JAIL (County Docket), 1827 - 1832, 2/72/1/11 Source Volume: 1827-1832

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