Archives of Maryland
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John Wesley Hughes (b. circa 1838 - d. )
MSA SC 5496-51386
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, 1861 


Sources:

Archival Sources - 

DORCHESTER COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Wills) 1861-1871, Book E.W.L 1, p. 458.

DORCHESTER COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Court Papers) 1861-1863, Criminal Judgements, April Term 1862, "William Hill, free Negro" Presentments No. 2 and No. 8. 

DORCHESTER COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Minutes) 1858-1865, Presentments, State of Maryland vs. William Hill (free Negro)

DORCHESTER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (Assessment Record), 1852-1865, District 7, p. 146.

DORCHESTER COUNTY COMMISSIONER OF SLAVE STATISTICS (Slave Statistics) 1867-1868.   (p. 2).

COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY (Bounty Rolls) 1864-1880.


Books -

Still, William. Underground Rail Road: A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, etc. Philadelphia, PA: Porter & Coales, Publishers, 1872.

Larson, Kate Clifford. Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero. Ballantine Books: New York, NY, 2004.


Newspapers -

"$600 Reward," Baltimore Sun, 13 March 1857.


Internet Sources -

Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census, Slave Schedule, Dorchester County, MD, District 1, p. 16.

Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census, Slave Schedule, Dorchester County, MD, District 7, p. 7  - p. 8.

Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census, Dorchester County, MD, District 1, p. 144. 

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, "Pritchett Meredith Farm."

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