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

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Record #43 from Slave Jail Records (Maryland State Archives: Beneath the Underground database)

Claims Free
Committal Note 24 January 1840 Advertised
Committed As runaway
Committed By Williams
County Baltimore
Date Admitted 10 January 1840
Date (Day) 10
Date (Month) January
Date (Year) 1840
Docket Number 478
County Fled From Dorchester (believed)
State Fled From Maryland
Fugitive Name William B.
Fugitive Surname Hopkins
First Name Halliday (believed)
Surname Hicks (believed)
Release by Order of Levi Williams, Esq.
Release Date 28 January 1840
Details Committed As Sign: Campbell 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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