Stories of Flight


Dorchester County

  • Fugitives
  • Accomplices
  • Slaveholders
  • Slave Crimes
  • Other

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Amby
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Nat Amby
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Anna Maria
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1824

Anne
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1825

Adam Anthony
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Kit Anthony
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Leah Anthony
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Murray Anthony
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Arrietta
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1826

James Alfred Bowley
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1851

Kessiah Bowley
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1851

Charles Henry Brown
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1855

James Camper
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Tom Camper
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1858

Ansal Cannon
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Emma Chion
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1860

William Chion
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1860

Nathan Collins
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Christopher Columbus Conaway
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1864

William Andrew Cook
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1856

Aaron Cornish
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Daffney Cornish
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Edward Cornish
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

George Anthony Cornish
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Joseph Cornish
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Perry Lake Cornish
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Solomon Cornish
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Daniel
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1832

David
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1824

Jane Davis
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Elijah
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland 1824

Tom Elliott
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Noah Ennells
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Amanda Ennets
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1860

Baby Ennets
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1860

Harriet Ennets
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1860

Maria Ennets
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1860

Stephen Ennets
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1860

George
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1824

Henry Gladden
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Alzey "Alley" Green
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1824

Samuel Green, Jr.
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

William Griffen
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

George Hackett
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1861

Thomas Henry
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1860

John Hillis
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1859

Denard Hughes
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

John Wesley Hughes
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1861

Jack
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1825

Peter Jackson
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

James "Charles"
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1825

Joe
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1824

John
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1824

Ann Johnson
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Kit
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1824

Levin
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1824

George Light
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Solomon Light
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Silas Long
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Williamm Matny
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1827

Mary Ann
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1824

Henry Moor
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Nancy
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1825

Levin Parker
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Patience
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1824

Mintie Patterson
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland

Peter Pennington
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1856

John Pinket
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1859

Henry Predeaux
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

George Ratliff
Free or Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1824

Sam
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1825

John W. Smith
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1859

Sophia
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1824

Daniel Stanly
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Stephen
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1824

Henry Viney
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Joe Viney
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Joseph Viney
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Lloyd Viney
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Susan Viney
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Tom Viney
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Sam Willson
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1824

James Woolfley
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Lavina Woolfley
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Cloe Woolford
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1825

Zadock
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1824

John Bowley
Accomplice to slave flight, Dorchester County, Maryland 1850

Samuel Green
Accomplice to slave flight, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1858

Margaret Haskins
Accomplice to slave flight, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1858

Hugh Hazlett
Accomplice to slave flight, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1858

William Hill
Accomplice to slave flight, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1863

Priscilla Stack
Accomplice to slave flight, Dorchester County, Maryland

Harriet Ross Tubman
Accomplice to slave flight, Dorchester County, Maryland

Willis V. Brannock
Slave Owner, Dorchester County, Maryland

Daniel Cannon
Property Owner, Dorchester County, Maryland

Jane Cator
Slave Owner, Dorchester County, Maryland

William Collison
Slave Owner, Dorchester County, Maryland

Robert Dennis
Slave Owner, Dorchester County, Maryland

William H. Grace
Slave Owner, Dorchester County, Maryland

Henry C. Hicks
Slave Owner, Dorchester County, Maryland

Levin Hodson
Slave Owner, Dorchester County, Maryland

William Holland
Slave Owner, Dorchester County, Maryland

Levin Jones
Slave Owner, Dorchester County, Maryland

Levin Keene
Slave Owner, Dorchester County, Maryland

Solomon Kirwan
Slave Owner, Dorchester County, Maryland

Francis Lookerman
Property Owner, Dorchester County, Maryland

Pritchett Meredith
Property Owner, Dorchester County, Maryland

Zebulon Mitchell
Slave Owner, Dorchester County, Maryland

Polish Mills
Slave Owner, Dorchester County, Maryland

James Pattison
Slave Owner, Dorchester County, Maryland

Samuel Pattison
Slave Owner, Dorchester County, Maryland

Reuben Elliott Phillips
Slave Owner, Dorchester County, Maryland

Rev. Levi D. Travers
Slave Owner, Dorchester County, Maryland

William D. Travers
Slave Owner, Dorchester County, Maryland

Pardoned Slaves

Negro Harry
Slave Pardoned for Crime in Dorchester County, Maryland

Negro Sampson
Slave Pardoned for Crime in Dorchester County, Maryland

Hanged Slaves

Negro Daniel
Slave in Dorchester County, Maryland

Negro Glasgow
Slave Hanged for Crime in Dorchester County, Maryland

Negro Sharper
Slave in Dorchester County, Maryland

Negro Toby
Slave Hanged for Crime in Dorchester County, Maryland

Israel Coleman
Manumitted Slave, Dorchester County, Maryland

East New Market House
Edmonson House, Dorchester County, Maryland