James (b. circa 1807 - d. ?)
MSA SC 5496-001819
Escaped from St. Mary's County, Maryland, 1813
Biography:
James escaped from Caleb
Jones' farm in St. Mary's County on August 22, 1813. He and four other
slaves—Job,
Peter,
Luce,
and Suckey—went
to British forces, who had come ashore to Jones house that day.1
1. Claim of Caleb Jones,
St. Mary's County, Case No. 638, Case Files, Ca. 1814-28, entry 190, Record
Group 76, National Archives, College Park.
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