Archives of Maryland
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Peter Reader (b. circa 1811 - d.?)
MSA SC 5496-050617
Part of large slave flight from Poolesville area, Montgomery County, Maryland, 1831

Biography:

In September 1831, Peter Reader and Daniel Jackson fled their enslavement on Henrietta O'Neale's farm. The widow of Laurence O'Neale,1 Henrietta advertised for Jackson and Reader's capture in the Daily National Intelligencer. She described Reader as "about nineteen years old, five feet nine or ten inches high, very well made, dark complexion, and a full round forehead; had on when he went away, a faded blue coat, striped pantaloons, and a half worn white hat." The ad ran from October 1831 until May 1832.2
 

1.     MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT, (Land Records), 1816-1817, Liber T, Folio 328, [MSA CE 148-21]. Henrietta O'Neale, et al, to Adam Robb, October 14, 1816.

2.     "200 Dollars Reward." Daily National Intelligencer 15 October 1831: 1.
 

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