Nace Shaw (b. circa 1813 - d.)
Nace Shaw MSA SC 5496-8597
Fled from Slavery, Prince George's County, Maryland, 1858
Biography:
Nace Shaw escaped from Sarah Ann Talburtt of Upper Marlboro in
Prince George's County on September
11, 1858. As the Talburtt household consisted of five women, all
around forty years old, Nace reported “A more disagreeable family of
old maids could not be found in a year’s time.” Sarah Ann
Talburtt was a woman of some personal
wealth; by 1860, she held $25,000 in real estate and $28,000 in
personal
assets, including 26 bondspeople.
Nace played a significant role
as foreman on the Talburtt Plantation, located near Marlborough Forest.
At forty-five years old, Nace’s age and privileged position as a
foreman made him
an unlikely runaway. Nonetheless, Nace flew from Maryland,
asserting “[he] wanted a chance for [his] life; [he] wanted to die a
free man.”1
He traveled first to Washington, D.C., perhaps to his mother’s
home.
Nace later arrived in Philadelphia. He was en route to Canada,
his ultimate destination.
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