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

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Record #38 from Slave Jail Records (Maryland State Archives: Beneath the Underground database)

Claims Free
Committal Note
Committed As runaway
Committed By Cliffe
County Baltimore
Date Admitted 2 June 1837
Date (Day) 2
Date (Month) June
Date (Year) 1837
Docket Number 197
County Fled From Somerset
State Fled From Maryland
Fugitive Name Leah and her child
Fugitive Surname
First Name Doctor
Surname Williams
Release by Order of Henry Cliffe, Esq.
Release Date 21 June 1837
Details Committed As Sign: Cook Notes: 21 June 1837 recd the body of Leah and her child 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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