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Adam Smith (b. circa 1827 - d. ?)
MSA SC 5496-1288
Fled from slavery, Prince George's County, Maryland, 1857

Sources:

Archival Sources -

(DC Department of Corrections Collection), Adam Smith, MSA SC 3170, 1854, M 9597.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD), Isaac Scaags, 1850, Prince George's County, Slave Schedule, 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 -

"$300 Reward,"The Baltimore Sun, 27 August 1857.

"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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