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Maria Smith (b. circa 1825 - d. ?)
MSA SC 5496-1270
Fled from slavery, Prince George's County, Maryland, 1857

Sources:
Archival Sources -

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD), Isaac Scaags, 1850, Slave Schedule, Prince George's County, MSA SM 61-169, M 1505-6.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD), Isaac Scaggs, 1850, Prince George's County, MSA SM 61-143, M 1499-2.

Newspapers and Journals -

"Five Hundred Dollars Reward," The Baltimore Sun, 08 November 1857.

Books -

William Still.  Underground Rail Road:  A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, Etc  Philadelphia, PA:  Porter and Coales Publishers, 1872, page 414.

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