Sydney Howard Gay’s "Record of Fugitives"

Fugitive Slaves > J - L > Jackson, Ben

   
   
   
slave name: Jackson, Ben.
owner name: Wright, Henry
occupation: farmer
state: Maryland
county: Dorchester County
census: 1850 44 farmer, 4000 real, w wife, 6 ch; 1860 farmer, 53, 5200 real, 800 pers, 7 ch; 1850 3 slaves, 1860 7 slaves
place sent: Syracuse, N.Y.
comments: with Harriet Tubman and 3 others; poss Benjamin Jackson, Canada Census 1861, 20, Negro, single, teamster, Sarnia, Canada West, opp Michigan

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