Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Prince Young
MSA SC 5496-51077
War of 1812 Refugee, St. Mary's County, Maryland, 1814

Biography:

Prince Young lived on Sotterley Plantation in St. Mary’s County, Maryland, as one of Colonel John R. Plater’s slaves.  At age 60, Prince escaped from Sotterley during the summer of 1814 by boarding the British vessel Dragon  in the Patuxent River.  Prince was joined on the Dragon by Teena Merritt, another one of Plater’s slaves, and later settled in Halifax according to John R. Plater’s reparation claims.  Prince was one of 49 slaves to escape from Sotterley during the War of 1812 including eight slaves who shared his surname: Catherine S. Young, Crowley Young, Daniel Young, Henry Young, John Young, Mary Ann Young, and Mary Young, who all escaped via the Frigate Severn, and Peregrine Young who escaped aboard the Frigate Loire.1

1.    Claim of John Rousby Plater, St. Mary's County, Case #310, Case Files Ca. 1814-28, 3.5 ft., entry 190, Record Group 76, National Archives, College Park.  

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