Henry Viney (b. circa 1835 - d. )
MSA SC 5496-8006
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857

Sources:

Archival Sources -

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD), Samuel Pattison, 1850, p 26, Dorchester, 7th Election District, M 4723-1, MSA SM 61-114. 

DORCHESTER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (Assessment Record) for Samuel Pattison, 1852-1910 C687, Election District 7, p. 161.

ADJUTANT GENERAL (Muster Roll Record) 1861-1867

U.S. Census Bureau (Slave Schedules, MD) for Samuel Patterson, 1860, Dorchester County, District 7, Page 45, Lines 22-26.

DORCHESTER COUNTY COMMISSIONER OF SLAVE STATISTICS (Slave Statistics) C738, 1867-1868, p.145.

Newspapers and Journals -

"$3100 Reward," Baltimore Sun. 28 October 1857.

"More Runaways," Easton Star, 4 November 1857. 

"2000 Reward." 26 October 1857.

Books -

Still, William. Underground Rail Road: A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, etc. Philadelphia, PA: Porter & Coales, Publishers, 1872.

Larson, Kate. Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero. Ballantine Books: New York, NY, 2004 (p. 145)

Internet Sources -

Ancestry.com. 1861 Census of Canada. Lincoln, Canada West, p. 146.

Ancestry.com. U.S. Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861-65, 55th Massachusetts Colored Infantry, p. 1644.

Ancestry.com. U.S. Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861-65, 55th Massachusetts Colored Infantry, p. 503.

Ancestry.com. U.S. Civil War Draft Registration Records, 1863-65, Maryland, 1st Congressional District, p. 316.

Ancestry.com. Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1938. Lincoln, 1876 "Joseph Vinia".

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