Archives of Maryland
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Harriet Turner (b. circa 1828 - d. ?)
MSA SC 5496-15190
Fled from Slavery, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, 1849

Sources:

Archival Sources -

James Wood Poplar Grove Collection, MSA SC 5807, Series 13, p. 387.

MARYLAND PENITENTIARY (Prisoner Record) Dates: 1811, 1826-1850, SE65 [MSA SE65-4]. London Gould, prisoner number 4284.

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY COURT (Criminal Docket) [MSA C1384-114]. State vs. London Gould. November 1849. London Gould found guilty as accomplice to fugitive slave Harriet Turner.

Queen Anne's County District 3, J. G. Stong's Map of Queen Anne's County, 1866 [MSA SC 5080-1]. Courtesy of the Queen Anne's County Historical Society.

SECRETARY OF STATE (Pardon Record) [MSA S1108-2], Harriet Turner, November 3, 1849, Page 66.

Newspapers and Journals -

"Wholesale Absconding of Slaves from Maryland." Baltimore Sun 26 October 1849.

"Sentenced." Baltimore Sun 16 November 1849: 1.

"Local Matters: County Court - Interesting Decision." Baltimore Sun 9 July 1849.


Books -

Clayton, Ralph. Cash For Blood: The Baltimore to New Orleans Domestic Slave Trade. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc. 2002.

Sources Searched, Nothing Found -

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY COURT (Land Records, Grantee Index), 1706-1851, A-Z, MSA CE 144-1. No bills of sale for slaves found for the correct John Tilghman.

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY COURT (Land Records, Grantor Index), 1706-1851, A-Z, MSA CE 146-1. No bills of sale for slaves found for the correct John Tilghman.

TALBOT COUNTY COURT (Land Records, Index), 1833-1850 A-Z, MSA CE 92-3. No bills of sale for slaves found for the correct John Tilghman.

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