John Pinket (b. 1832 - d. ?)
MSA SC 5496-8651
Fled from Slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland 1859

Biography:

At the age of twenty-seven, John Pinket successfully escaped from Dorchester County, Maryland with fellow slave Ansal Cannon.  Pinket was owned by a widow named Mary Brown, who owned eight other slaves.  Pinket reached Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was aided there by individuals connected with the Underground Railroad.

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