Kitty Carroll
MSA SC 5496-50908
War of 1812 Refugee, Prince George's County, Maryland
Biography:
Kitty Carroll was an enslaved woman who was owned by Ann Sprigg of Prince George's County, Maryland. She was the wife of an enslaved man, George Carroll, who was owned by Trueman Tyler another resident of the county and state. Kitty and George were the parents of a son Henry.
America went to war with Britain in 1812. During the war, six enslaved people escaped from Ms. Sprigg's home in Prince George's County. Kitty Carroll and her infant child Henry Carroll, who both belonged to Sprigg were seen on board a British ship by Philip V. Weems who was taken prisoner by the British. Kitty was in the company of her husband George Carroll who escaped at the same time from his master Trueman Tyler.
Following the War of 1812, Kitty Carroll settled in Halifax, Nova Scotia with her son and husband. Property owners in Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, and Louisiana submitted claims for the loss of their property to the British. Ann Sprigg died in July 1816, in Boone County, Kentucky. Ann Sprigg's cousin, Israel T. Canby, filed a claim to recieve reperations for the loss of the six slaves who ran off to the British during the war. As the executor of the estate, Canby who lived in Indiana, would receive $280 for each of the slaves that escaped and never returned. At the time of the war Canby resided at the residence of Ann Sprigg and was familiar with her enslaved people.
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