Leeds Wright (b. ? - d. ?)
MSA SC 5496-8460
Fled from Slavery, Kent County, Maryland 1857
Biography:
Leeds Wright successfully escaped Kent County, Maryland with fellow
slave
Abram
Tilison in 1857. Wright's father, George, had already fled to
Canada
and Wright wanted to follow his father. The rest of his family
was "some
50 miles distant," leaving him no remaining ties to Kent County.
Wright
was owned by Reverend John Wesley Pearson. Though little has yet
been
recovered about his life after escape, Wright reached Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, and was aided there by individuals connected with the
Underground
Railroad.
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