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

Record Detail

Record #39 from Slave Jail Records (Maryland State Archives: Beneath the Underground database)

Claims Free
Committal Note advertised 1 June 1837
Committed As runaway
Committed By Schaffer
County Baltimore
Date Admitted 20 May 1837
Date (Day) 20
Date (Month) May
Date (Year) 1837
Docket Number 190
County Fled From Somerset
State Fled From Maryland
Fugitive Name Wesley
Fugitive Surname Armstrong
First Name George
Surname Todd
Release by Order of William S. Schaffer, Esq.
Release Date 30 June 1837
Details Committed As Sign: Todd Release Note: proved free 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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