Susan (b. circa 1820 - d. ?)
MSA SC 5496-1448
Fled from slavery, Prince George's County, Maryland, 1841
Biography:
While pregnant, twenty-one year old Susan fled from slavery. Prior to July 1841, Susan lived in the Old Town section of Baltimore City, and likely enjoyed friendship and kinship connections there -- including, perhaps, a husband and father of her unborn child. Susan's owner, Jacob Schreck, sold the young woman to George W. Taylor, who immediately removed Susan to his farm near Bladensburg, Prince George's County, Maryland, some thirty-five miles to the southeast of Baltimore. On Octobert 24, 2003, no more than ten weeks after her sale, the pregnant Susan fled from Taylor. Eye witness accounts place the woman back in Baltimore two days later, suggesting perhaps that she received assistance with her journey. No one matching her description was recorded in the Baltimore City Runaway Docket, which lists persons committed as runaway slaves.
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