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I ran from Thomas B. Littlejohn in September 1814. I had been working in his public house, which he had for sale since March. He founded the town of Oxford with the labor of the people he had enslaved; in 1810 he had 40, including me. I was called OLIVER.
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My older sister BETTY and I ran in July 1805 from Mrs. Beckett. Betty had run away when Beckett’s husband John died in 1803, and had lived free for two years before being caught in Montgomery County. She took me with her this time. I was called NANCY.
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I ran from merchant Rufus Tucker in July 1862. He was busy organizing a calvary company for the Confederacy, so I felt it was a good time to leave. After the war I owned a barber shop near Tucker’s store. I called myself SCOTT BROWN, and my full name was WINFIELD SCOTT BROWN.
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I ran from Daniel Lee’s farm near Towson, north of Baltimore, on this day in 1845. By 1850 I was living with my parents and siblings in Harford County, Maryland, where I lived the rest of my life, after serving in the Union Army in the Civil War. My name was HENRY HILTON.
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When I came into Maryland in November 1805, I was put in jail by Sheriff Cooke despite my claim of being a free man. I remained in that jail until March 1806. Remember me. I called myself TOM.
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I ran from James Kemp Goodloe of Franklin County, NC in March 1812. Robert Harwell was taking my wife west to Mississippi, and I was desperate to stay with her. Pray for us, I was called ROBIN.
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I ran in April 1822 from the hotel that the Grimke family owned at 115 Meeting Street in Charleston. I was still free in July 1822, when they thought I might be harbored somewhere in the city or on Sullivan’s Island off the coast. I was called BEN.
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My wife EMMELINE and I left Chapel Hill NC in July 1846 with our daughter; we took a train to Ohio and were free. Abraham Rencher was a diplomat in Portugal when we escaped, and tried to get Emmeline back, but we stayed free in Cleveland. My name was MIKE MILLIGAN.
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I ran from Joseph Manning’s tailoring shop in October 1811. I had been saying I wanted to go back to Guadeloupe in the French Caribbean. But I must not have gotten far, as Manning, in his 1834 will, asked his wife to take care of “my old negro Man Frank.” They called me FRANK.
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I ran from Abraham McLemore in May 1812. I had been one of the 23 enslaved people who worked on constructing his house near the Tar River in Franklin County, NC. Remember me, they called me BEN.
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I ran from Edwin Moore of NC in August 1827. My parents and children might have still been with Elizabeth Porter in Edgecombe County; she sold me after her husband died in 1822. I was called LUKE.
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When I ran from Thomas Mills of Caswell County NC in December 1841, he must have thought I would be caught soon; he must have been angry to have to advertise again nearly a year later. I was called WILL.
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I ran from Mareen Burgess Duvall in October 1807, and was able to evade him at least until the spring of 1808, and maybe longer. Duvall died in 1812 and had no enslaved people listed in his estate. I called myself SAM JOINTER.
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I ran from John Headen of Pittsboro, NC in October, 1834; he claimed I had stolen a free pass belonging to James Weaver. In January 1835 he began advertising in Indiana and Ohio as well as NC, but I was still free in May 1835. I was called PETER.
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My daughter Elizabeth and I escaped from Jesse Paxton’s plantation in Washington Parish, LA. We hoped we could pass for white, and go West; we had walked over 550 miles and were nearly to Indian territory when we were caught in January 1855. My name was DOSHY WALLACE.
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I ran from the Houston, TX home of William Marsh Rice, one of the richest men in Texas, about New Year’s Day 1856. Rice served on the Harris County slave patrol, but I was able to evade him through the end of February. Rice went on to found Rice University. My name was MERINDA.
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I ran in July 1824 with my child. I had been working for Mrs. Munro at her boarding house, doing the washing and ironing, but I ran when she sold me, and hoped to live as a free woman. I was called JENNY.
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I ran from Varnal Gibbs in April 1822. His place near Bladensburg, Maryland was close to the District of Columbia and I hoped to find work in the city while evading Gibbs. I was called WASHINGTON.
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I ran in April 1854. Stephen Jackson thought I might head for Habersham County, Georgia, on the SC border, but he advertised in the Asheville newspaper—he had no idea where I was. I meant to keep it that way. I was called TOM.
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I ran from Richard Grist in February 1813. Grist’s father, Gen. Frederick Grist, had died in 1811 while serving in the state legislature, and his estate was being divided up, including the 34 people he enslaved. I hoped to escape to the north. I was called DAVID.
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I ran from Enoch Foy in August 1817, desperate to get away; he had recently returned from serving in the NC state Senate. Foy was willing to pay $100 for me alive or dead, and was still looking for me a month later. I was known as BILL.
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I took my daughter BETSEY and ran in April 1821. Our enslaver ISAAC WRIGHT was away, and we took flight in his absence. I may have had family in Pasquotank NC that could help us. We had heard that GEORGE escaped the previous year, I hoped he was still free. I was called WELCOME.
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My wife CHARLOTTE and I ran from Aaron Fitts of Savannah in June 1826. He had purchased us from slave trader John Woolfolk, and had us shipped from New Orleans in February 1824. We hoped to evade him and be free. Remember us. I was called DAVE.
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I ran in March 1822, and hid with my relatives around Charleston. I had been sold by Ebenezer Cheney, a grain merchant, the previous year and still had friends in his neighborhood. I was called DINAH.
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I ran from Revolutionary War veteran Hardy Murfree in March 1795. The town he founded, Murfreesboro NC, was a port town and I might have tried to get aboard a ship to escape. I was called EDWIN.
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On this day in 1855, I ran from Charles Klutts of Cabarrus County, NC. I was a free man, sentenced to slavery by the court, and I would rather run than serve another day for Klutts, who was still looking for me in February 1856. I called myself BOB HITMAN, BOB FILE, or LINN.
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I was seized and taken to jail in August 1807, despite my protest that I was set free by Robert Brockett, and remained there until September. I did regain my freedom, and was living in Baltimore in 1850. My name was HENRY DUCKETT.
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I ran from Thomas Hughes in late December 1821; he did not know I could read and write, which helped me in my escape. I may have gone north, or hid among the free people of color in Washington DC. He was still looking for me in February 1822. I was called MORGAN.
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I ran from Augustus Preuss to live with my mother Johanna Lee, who had been manumitted in 1809; her sons were to be free when they turned 31. Preuss wanted to sell us as slaves for life, and my niece Nancy Lee petitioned the DC court for help in 1827. My name was LEWIS LEE.
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I ran from Dr. Horace B. Satterwhite in July 1814. He had been a merchant at one time, and a farmer in addition to being a physician, and he had me working as a blacksmith. I was called GEORGE.
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I escaped from Samuel Robertson with my wife LETTA in July 1859. Robertson thought we would travel north from South Carolina, so he advertised in NC newspapers. We were old and grey, and we wanted to live the rest of our lives as free people. I was called TOM. Remember us.
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I ran from George Thomasson in March 1828. I hoped I could blend in with the free community in Raleigh and find work there. I called myself WILLIAM ANDERSON.
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I ran from “Waverly Plantation” on the San Bernard River in June 1845. William Green Hill advertised for me in August 1845 when he was unable to find me. I may have found a way from Brazoria to Galveston, in hope of taking a boat to Mexico and freedom. I was called JIM.
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I ran from merchant Jonathan Meigs Hand in June 1824. I had worked on steamboats going up and down the Savannah River, and thought I might find work on a boat that would take me north. I called myself HARRY DAVIS.
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I ran from William Boylan in March 1830; my wife had been taken away to Alabama, and I was determined to follow her. I got as far west as Morganton, NC before I was caught on April 10, and held in jail. Remember me. I was called DAVID.
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I ran after my wife and children were taken away in November 1831. I hoped to stay with them, but I was caught in December. Henry Brown and his father-in-law Alfred Alston later took me with them to Tennessee, where I ran again in 1837. I was called DANIEL.
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We ran from Laurence O’Bryan in December 1793, CAESAR and I. I had been whipped, branded on my face, and had my ears cropped for running away before this, but I hoped this time I could escape for good. I was called TOM.
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On this day in 1845, I and my uncles GEORGE and JERRY ran from brothers Joseph and Thomas Rippy, hoping for freedom in the north. We were caught; GEORGE was sold to Joseph Holt, and JERRY was sold to George Laws, in September 1845. My name was BEN, remember us.
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I ran from Alexander McPherson of Frederick MD in December 1820; I had some free relatives that could help me evade him. McPherson died in 1826, and I was not listed in his estate inventory. I was counted in the 1830 census as a free man of color. My name was BOB SMOTHERS.
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I ran from Dr. William W. Harriss’ house in August 1850, and tried to avoid capture among the free people of color in Wilmington, NC. Unfortunately, I was caught and returned to Harriss. I was called IRIS.
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I ran in October 1850 from Archibald Graham. I worked in his shop in Fayetteville, though he also had a farm, with 18 other people enslaved there. I hoped to see my family. I was called SANDY.
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I ran from John Harrison in July 1808. He lived near the South River ferry; maybe I was able to get across the river to hide among the free people of color in Annapolis. I was called BATEMAN.
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My baby daughter and I were seized and put in jail in March 1809, despite my insistence that we were free. We were sold for expenses on May 26, 1809; remember us. I was called FANNY.
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I ran from John Gray Blount, one of the richest men in the country and a slave trader, and his son in law William Rodman in August 1813. My wife was enslaved by William Dickinson, who was moving to Tennessee, and I was following her. I was called NATHAN.
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I ran on this day in 1846; I had no shoes, but took my clothes. By the census of 1850, I was living as a free woman in Baltimore and working on my own account. My name was MARY JANE FRISBY.
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I slipped away from Thomas Henderson, editor of the Raleigh Star newspaper, in the summer of 1814. I was talented in many ways, and thought I should easily find work. I was recaptured, and sold to Capt. Stephen Hackney of GA in 1816. I promptly ran again. I was called ANTHONY.
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I ran from William Page Molett’s Alabama plantation in March 1822; it was the second time I had run from him, and I was determined to escape permanently this time. I was called ROSE.
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I ran from Thomas J. Mills of Caswell County in December 1841. I hoped to find work in the North as a blacksmith. Nearly a year later he was still searching for me. I was called WILL.
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I ran from George Sweeny of Brentown in May 1807. I took extra clothing and ran, hoping to get to a place to be free. Washington was close but not safe. I was called JESSE.
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I ran from John Myer around the end of May 1824. He had bought me from the estate of Patrick Byrne, his former neighbor. Byrne had a sailmaking business and I was familiar with boats; I hoped to find working passage on a boat to freedom. I was called SIMON.
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I ran from Mack Crump twice; first in October 1824, but I was caught and held in jail. He brought me back to his house on November 9 and left the handcuffs on me; while he ate dinner, I escaped again. He was still looking for me in January but I was gone. I was called ADAM.
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I slipped away from Joel Harris of Halifax NC in February 1825. I took a lot of clothes with me, to help start a new life as a free man. I might have written my own free papers, as I could read and write. I was called AUSTIN.
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They called me QUACKO, but my real name might have been KWEKU, from the Akan of Ghana. I ran from John Baker in September 1809, from his plantation in Smithville NC; he had seized me in January 1809 as a runaway, then kept me in slavery. He was still looking in January 1810.
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I was taken to jail as a runaway on May 8, 1809, but I was out of jail two days later when the county clerk certified that I was a free woman. I had sued for freedom from Richard Spriggs in 1795 and won. My named was MARIA BOSTON.
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I ran from Peter Evans of Chatham County, NC about December 1847. I was recaptured, though; Evans listed me in his 1852 will among those to be given to his wife Nancy. Remember me, I was called PRINCE.
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I escaped from the state steamboat ‘Franklin’ in June 1846 while it was docked in New Orleans; I was one of 27 hands on the boat, employed in clearing obstructions in canals and waterways. I was still enjoying freedom in October 1846. I was called POMPEY WILLIAMS.
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I ran from John W. Reid’s farm in Georgia in June 1860; he shot me in the hand, but I kept going. He had bought me in Virginia 10 years before, and maybe I still had family there. He was advertising as far as Texas by Feb 1861 but I was free. I was called HENRY.
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We escaped from the Spindle family of Essex County, Virginia between 1819 and 1821 with help. GRIFFIN and PHIL ran in June and December, 1819; ADAM ran in the fall of 1820; and EUNICE and I in December 1821. They offered $1000 reward, but did not find us. I was called ANDREW.
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I ran from John Haig in May 1835. His father David had me making barrels for his business when he died in 1832; I could make them for my own profit if I could stay free. They called me CHARLES, or DUMMER.
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I ran from Horatio M. Ward in March 1820, and found work for a time in the Washington, DC area. I hoped to save money for a run for the northern states. Ward was still looking for me in June, but I was gone. I was called JACK.
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I ran from The Levels, the Tulip Hill farm that had belonged to the Galloway family before Virgil Maxcy had married into it the year before. Maxcy was a lawyer and had political ambitions, and I thought it was a good time to escape. I was called TOM PULLY.
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I tried to escape Joseph Hawkins a few times. The first time I nearly made it to Wilmington; in July 1824 I tried again but failed. When I ran in October 1825, I evaded capture until summer 1826. Hawkins died in 1828 and I was willed to his daughter Mary. I was called HARRY.
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I ran from Joseph Waggoner in September 1835. Waggoner was wealthy and well respected in Davidson County NC, where he was a justice of the peace, despite the way he abused me. He was still looking for me in June 1836. I was called ABRAHAM CAMP.
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I ran from Major Joseph Williams of Surry County NC in January 1837. I had been working in his limestone quarry, blasting rock, which was hard and dangerous work. I was called JACOB.
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I left the house of Benjamin Grayson Orr in late November 1821. Orr had been the mayor of Washington, DC until 1819, but had become very ill. He advertised for me until January 1822 and died in April that year. I was called HENRY.
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I left the farm of Benjamin Skinner on the Patuxent River in Maryland to go visit my wife in Washington city, and didn’t return to Skinner. I had worked in Georgetown for years and knew places to stay. I called myself JIM WHITE.
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I ran with my husband STEPHEN from Jesse Ray’s plantation in June 1811. We may have gone to Annapolis and hide in the city; we did manage to evade Ray at least to the end of August, when he raised the reward amount to $50. I was called MARY.
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I ran in October 1821 from former Maryland state senator Peter Emerson. Around Christmas 1821 I visited my sister Amy in Calvert County, and then went on my way. Emerson was still looking for me in March 1822. I was called JIM.
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I ran from the New Orleans house of John Greeves in June 1845; he was preparing to move to ‘Fairview,’ his plantation in Mississippi. He died in Sept 1845, and his Louisiana probate records did not list me. I was called PETER.
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I was caught on Christmas Eve, 1821, and held in the Leonardtown jail until March 1822. John Criddle was far away in Nashville and didn’t seem to have missed me. I was called JACOB.
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I ran from ‘Woodland,’ the plantation of Dr. William Hill, in November 1821. Hill advertised all the way through May 1822, and didn’t find me; he died in 1823 and I was not listed in his estate inventory, I was free. I was called MICHAEL.
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I ran from “Millbrook,” the plantation of Isaac Hilliard, in April 1816. Hilliard had been attempting to sell the plantation, and maybe the people enslaved there, for at least a year, as he planned to move to Tennessee. I was called JOE.
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I ran from Elizabeth Sears and her son William in May 1831. She died in November that year, and William was still looking for me. I was caught in June 1832 as noted in her estate records, and sold then taken to Trenton NC. Remember me, I was called EZEKIEL.
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I ran from Dr. William Hill in November 1821, and he was still looking for me in April 1822, having doubled the reward he was offering for my capture. He died in 1823 and I was not listed as an asset in his estate—I was free. I was called MICHAEL.
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I ran from Peter Evans in May 1820 but was caught in August. I had run before, in January 1820; when I was caught then, Evans branded my face. Evans sold me to William D Smith and M.F. Lewis of Buncombe County. I ran from them in August 1820. Remember me, I was called GEORGE.
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I ran from Jesse Green in September 1815; I took changes of clothes with me, and hoped to find carpentry work as a free man. I was called DESKIN.
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We ran in March 1826 from Hugh H. Byrne, who had recently purchased the plantation and the 23 Mile House tavern. Byrne had some legal trouble and would put the land up for sale by October that year; we hoped to slip away in the confusion. We were called ABRAHAM and FORTUNE.
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I ran from Dr. Albridgton Burges of Raleigh in January 1815, and was able to spend time near my wife for a few months. She lived on state senator Kemp Plummer’s plantation in Warren County NC. By July, I had to flee into Virginia to escape capture. I was called BILLY.
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I ran from Frederick Moore of Fayetteville NC in May 1844. He didn’t find me, and died in 1849. In 1850 I was in Wake County NC with my wife and children, living as free people of color. My name was MICAJAH or MIKE MITCHELL.
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Merritt Dilliard had sold me to William Fowler in Dec 1829 without telling me. Three men of Fowler’s came to get me on New Years’ Day 1830; I fought and escaped. Dilliard and Fowler were fighting in court through Sept 1831, but I was free of them. I was called SAM JONES.
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I ran from the plantation of Justus Angel in November 1825. I managed to stay free for a couple of months, but I was caught; Angel sold me to Walter Knox in April 1826 for $500. Remember me. I was called BILLY.
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I was seized and put in the Harford County jail on Christmas Day, 1821, as a runaway. I protested that I was born a free man, but they held me there until February 1822. My name was JOSEPH WHITE.
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I ran from the plantation of John Worthington in April 1805; it was only about three miles from Annapolis, and I hoped to be able to hide in the city. Worthington was serving as a delegate in the Maryland House at the time, and Fairall managed the plantation. I was called CILLA.
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I was taken to jail in December 1821. I told them I was owned by William Brooke of Prince William County, VA; there might have been a real William Brooke, but he hadn’t come for me by March 1822. I called myself JOHN or JACK STARK.
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I ran from Kenelm Blackistone in March 1807. He had bought me from the widow of Dr. Robert Pottinger; I had been valued at $200 in the estate inventory. I came back to Prince George’s County looking for my friends and family. I called myself JOHN HAWKINS.
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I took a horse and escaped from Stephen Haywood, Esq. of Raleigh in June 1817. I made it as far as Harrisonburg in northern Virginia, but I was captured and held in jail there for Haywood to retrieve. I called myself SAM CRAVEN or SAM FREEMAN.
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In 1855 I ran from a plantation in Austin, TX owned by Peyton W. Nowlin. But I didn’t know where else to go, so I stayed around the Austin area. I was on the run for at least three months. Did I make it any longer? My name was AMERICA.
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I seized my chance and ran from merchant John McRae one night in July 1814 when we traveled near the border with Virginia; I hoped to get back to my family. McRae lived in Anson County far to the south, and it would have been harder to escape. I was called AMY.
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I ran from Francis Lightfoot Lee in April 1813. Lee, the son of a Founding Father, had taken over the Sully Plantation in 1811 and had been buying enslaved people to work on it. I hoped to reach my free father Nat Burwell in Alexandria for help. My name was WILLIAM BURWELL.
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I was arrested as a runaway in December 1821 and taken to jail, despite being a free man. I was a sailor and I had lost my seaman’s certificate; I was finally released in February 1822, and was in New York by 1825. My name was JOHN FENIX.
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We ran from merchant James Usher, Jr. in February 1822. He brought us to Charleston on the sloop ‘Fly, Child’ on January 28th from Wilmington to sell us. DICK and I hoped to get back to North Carolina. I was called EPHRAIM.
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I ran from James Byrd’s place near the Neuse River in North Carolina in May 1806. I might have had some relatives in Warren County near the Virginia border that I hoped would help me. I was called BRUNSWICK.
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I ran from the plantation of Joseph Shaw in Hillsborough, NC in May 1800. My previous escape was unsuccessful, and this time I hoped to stay free. I was called HARRY, and called myself HENRY HUDSON.
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I ran from Moses Whitesides about April 1825; he had bought me from tavern keeper Patrick Campbell and taken me to his plantation on the coast, about 8 miles from Charleston. I hoped to get to my brother in Augusta. I was called WARLEY.
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I ran from the farm of Quaker Jacob Franklin in December 1819. Franklin had recently died, and in the confusion, I thought it might be a good time to join my wife in Baltimore. I was called COMMODORE.
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I ran from William Nicholson in April 1853. He had bought me from Robert A. Ross, who used to hire me out as a carpenter in Mecklenburg County. I was known as SAM ROSS.
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I ran from Samuel Tyler, who was managing the plantation for the Walker estate, in August 1807, and took my son MOSES with me. We lived with a free man of color for five months before being caught, but I ran again in July 1808. I was called CHARITY.
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I ran from Dr. Richard Fenner in May 1818. He had recently married Stephen Outerbridge’s daughter Sarah, and might have been planning on moving to Tennessee. He had still not found me by August, and I meant to stay free. I was called BRISTO.
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I ran on Christmas Day, 1816, with my free wife Eliza Turner. I had been hired out to Lodowick Fluellen, to make shoes in his shop; this was to generate income for Nicholas Arrington from his father's estate. I would rather work for myself and Eliza. I was called CUPID.
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I ran from John D. Moss in Alexandria a few days after he bought me from Judge Joseph Anderson, the Comptroller of the US Treasury, in November 1821. I was spotted in Baltimore in January 1822, but Moss gave up by February; I was free. I called myself WILLIAM HODGE.
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