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Maryland Penitentiary Records (Maryland State Archives: Beneath the Underground database)

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  • Record #1
    County
    Worcester
    Crime
    enticing slaves to run away
    Date
    November 21, 1839
    First Name
    Jesse
    Surname
    Hudson
    Status
    –
    County
    Worcester
    County Convicted
    WO
    Crime
    enticing slaves to run away
    Date
    November 21, 1839
    First Name
    Jesse
    Surname
    Hudson
    Status
    –
    Details
    Complexion: Negro
    Duration Of Servitude: 3 years
    Prisoner No: 3280
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  • Record #2
    County
    Worcester
    Crime
    Enticing Slaves To Run Away
    Date
    November 21, 1839
    First Name
    Jesse
    Surname
    Hudson
    Status
    –
    County
    Worcester
    County Convicted
    WO
    Crime
    Enticing Slaves To Run Away
    Date
    November 21, 1839
    First Name
    Jesse
    Surname
    Hudson
    Status
    –
    Details
    Complexion: Negro
    Duration Of Servitude: until 1 June 1842 & 3 years
    How Discharged: Died on January 8, 1844
    Prisoner No: 3280
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  • Record #3
    County
    Talbot
    Crime
    1) stealing watch, 2) Assisting A Slave To Run Away
    Date
    November 30, 1849
    First Name
    Frisby
    Surname
    Johns
    Status
    –
    County
    Talbot
    County Convicted
    TA
    Crime
    1) stealing watch, 2) Assisting A Slave To Run Away
    Date
    November 30, 1849
    First Name
    Frisby
    Surname
    Johns
    Status
    –
    Details
    Complexion: Mulatto
    Duration Of Servitude: 2 yrs 6 mos, 4 years from May 30 May 1852
    How Discharged: ?
    Prisoner No: 4289
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  • Record #4
    County
    Talbot
    Crime
    enticing a slave to run away
    Date
    May 22, 1828
    First Name
    Joseph
    Surname
    Dickson
    Status
    –
    County
    Talbot
    County Convicted
    TA
    Crime
    enticing a slave to run away
    Date
    May 22, 1828
    First Name
    Joseph
    Surname
    Dickson
    Status
    –
    Details
    Complexion: Fair
    Duration Of Servitude: 5 years
    How Discharged: Time Expired
    Prisoner No: 1986
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  • Record #5
    County
    Somerset
    Crime
    For suffering herself to be got with child by negro
    Date
    October 27, 1868
    First Name
    Maria
    Surname
    Shores
    Status
    –
    County
    Somerset
    County Convicted
    SO
    Crime
    For suffering herself to be got with child by negro
    Date
    October 27, 1868
    First Name
    Maria
    Surname
    Shores
    Status
    –
    Details
    Complexion: White
    Duration Of Servitude: until May 1, 1871
    How Discharged: Pardoned on May 14, 1870
    Prisoner No: 7036
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  • Record #6
    County
    Dorchester
    Crime
    Enticing, Persuading, Assisting Slaves To Runaway
    Date
    November 18, 1858
    First Name
    Hugh
    Surname
    Hazlett
    Status
    –
    County
    Dorchester
    County Convicted
    DO
    Crime
    Enticing, Persuading, Assisting Slaves To Runaway
    Date
    November 18, 1858
    First Name
    Hugh
    Surname
    Hazlett
    Status
    –
    Details
    Complexion: Fair
    Duration Of Servitude: 44yrs, 6mo, 9days
    How Discharged: Pardoned on December 19, 1864
    Prisoner No: 5324
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  • Record #7
    County
    Dorchester
    Crime
    Persuading Slaves To Runaway
    Date
    May 19, 1862
    First Name
    William
    Surname
    Hill
    Status
    –
    County
    Dorchester
    County Convicted
    DO
    Crime
    Persuading Slaves To Runaway
    Date
    May 19, 1862
    First Name
    William
    Surname
    Hill
    Status
    –
    Details
    Complexion: Mulatto
    Duration Of Servitude: until May 14, 1877
    How Discharged: Pardoned on February 7, 1865
    Prisoner No: 5688
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