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Henry Dent (b. circa 1801 - d. ?)
MSA SC 5496-001675
War of 1812 Escaped Slave, St. Mary's County, Maryland, 1814

Biography:

On June 1, 1814, thirteen-year-old Henry Dent fled from Larine Dent's farm in St. Mary's County. Dent, who also used the surname Peterson, reached British forces in the Patuxent River with four other slaves: Job Cole, David Milburn, James Milburn, and William Peterson.1 The widowed Larine Dent later married Peter U. Thomson, who filed a claim for her escaped slaves.2
 

1.      Claim of Peter Thompson, St. Mary's County, Case No. 650, Case Files, Ca. 1814-28, entry 190, Record Group 76, National Archives, College Park.

2.      Ibid.
 

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