James Watkins (alias Sam Berry) (b. circa 1821  - d.)
MSA SC 5496 - 8792
Fled from Slavery, Baltimore County, Maryland, 1844

Sources:

Books -
Narratives Available via the University of North Carolina's Documenting the American South Project
James Watkins. Struggles for Freedom; or The Life of James Watkins, Formerly a Slave in Maryland, U. S.; in Which is Detailed a Graphic Account of His Extraordinary Escape from Slavery, Notices of the Fugitive Slave Law, the Sentiments of American Divines on the Subject of Slavery, etc., etc. Manchester: A. Heywood, Oldham Street, 1860

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