Sidney Mitchel (b. circa 1812 - d. circa ?)
MSA SC 5496-002448
War of 1812 Escaped Slave, Calvert County, Maryland, 1814

Biography:

Two-year-old Harriet Mitchel was enslaved on Juliet Rawlings' farm, along with her mother, Mary, and her older sister Harriet. William Mitchel helped his wife and daughters escape in 1814 to British troops.¹
 

1.     Claim of Susannah and Juliet Rawlings, St. Mary's County, Case No. 557, Case Files, Ca. 1814-28, entry 190, Record Group 76, National Archives, College Park.
        Claim of Dr. John Dare, Case 606, Case Files, compiled ca. 1827 - ca. 1828, documenting the period ca. 1814 - ca. 1828, *ARC Identifier 1174160 / MLR Number PI 177 190,* National Archives, College Park.
 

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