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

Record Detail

Record #12 from Slave Jail Records (Maryland State Archives: Beneath the Underground database)

Claims Free
Committal Note
Committed As runaway
Committed By Morrison
County Baltimore
Date Admitted 5 December 1848
Date (Day) 5
Date (Month) December
Date (Year) 1848
Docket Number 1257
County Fled From Talbot
State Fled From Maryland
Fugitive Name Adam
Fugitive Surname Cornish
First Name Dr. Thorpe
Surname Thomas
Release by Order of Hugh Morrison, Esq.
Release Date 6 December 1848
Details Committed As Sign: Shuck Source: MSA C 2064-2 BALTIMORE CITY AND COUNTY JAIL (Runaway Docket), 1836 - 18502/72/4/20 Source Volume: 1836-1850

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