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Peter (b. circa 1793 - d. ?)
MSA SC 5496-001742
War of 1812 Escaped Slave, St. Mary's County, Maryland

Biography:

Peter escaped from Caleb Jones' farm in St. Mary's County on August 22, 1813. He and four other slaves—Job, Luce, Suckey, and James—went to British forces, who had come ashore to Jones house that day.1
 


Footnotes

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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