Henry Buchannan (b. 1820 - d. ?)
MSA SC 5496-9285
Fled from slavery, Prince George's County, Maryland, 1838
Biography:
Henry Buchannan and Tom Vermillion were advertised as runaways slaves on May 22, 1838 in the Daily National Intelligencer along with Frederick Chapman, who also ran away in May of 1838. Buchannan was 18 years old with a yellow complexion, and Vermillion was a seventeen year old mulatto. It is likely that both Henry and Tom were caught, as they were once again advertised as part of a group of five runaway slaves of Roderick McGregor who escaped on the morning of November 23, 1844. In the second ad, the twnety-three year old Buchannan and the twenty-one year old Vermillion ran along with Anthony Chase, a twenty-eight year old 5'5" tall slave with a scar on his right arm and foot from child-hood burns; Ned Dodson, a twenty-three year old, 5'4" slave who was purchased from Dr. Joseph Edelen's estate, near Piscataway where he was believed to have attempted to return; and Hanson Shaw, a sixteen year old, 5'5" slave whose mother was owned by Mr. William Coats, who resided on the plantation of Thomas B. Crauford. All of them took clothes with them when they fled.
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