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  2. Escape of 28 enslaved people from Maryland (1857) - Wikipedia

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    In a remarkable escape the rainy night of October 24, 1857 when two dozen people escaped from their Dorchester County, Maryland enslavers, Willis Brannock, Jane Cator, Rueben E. Phillips, Richard Keene, Samuel Pattison, and Rev. Levi D. Travers. Nearly all of Pattison's bondspeople had run away.

  3. Colonial families of Maryland - Wikipedia

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    Family name Related Family members Notes Adams. Charles County. Francis Adams (c. 1645 – 1698) [1] early settler John Adams (c. 1670 – 1740) early settler [2] Francis Adams II (1680 – 1766) revolutionary, planter and gentleman [1] Charles Adams (c. 1672 – 1733) carpenter [3] [4] Bowie. Prince George's County

  4. Dorchester County, Maryland - Wikipedia

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    Dorchester County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland.At the 2020 census, the population was 32,531. [1] Its county seat is Cambridge. [2] [3] The county was formed in 1669 and named for the Earl of Dorset, a family friend of the Calverts (the founding family of the Maryland colony). [4]

  5. Harriet Tubman's family - Wikipedia

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    Ben purchased his wife's freedom from Eliza Ann Brodess for $20 (equivalent to $654 in 2023) in 1854 or 1855, and the bill of sale was recorded on June 11, 1855, at the Dorchester County Court. Rit was not manumitted because a law of Maryland did not permit enslaved people over age 45 to be set free. She then lived at Ben's cabin in Caroline ...

  6. Harriet Tubman's birthplace - Wikipedia

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    Born circa 1822 as an enslaved person in Dorchester County, Maryland. Holt, Dustin. "National historical park considered for Tubman". My Eastern Shore Maryland Harriet Tubman was born enslaved in 1822 in Dorchester County... the Anthony Thompson home site at Peters Neck, where Tubman was probably born.

  7. List of Maryland state historical markers in Dorchester County

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    East New Market, Maryland: MD 14, 1200 ft. east of MD 14/16, southwest corner: 8] Gary's Creek - Indian Path - Dorchester County: Lloyds, Maryland: MD 343 (south side), 0.1 mile west of Richardson Road

  8. Category:People from Dorchester County, Maryland - Wikipedia

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    People from Cambridge, Maryland (43 P) Pages in category "People from Dorchester County, Maryland" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total.

  9. Robert Goldsborough - Wikipedia

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    Robert Goldsborough was the son of Elizabeth (née Ennalls) and Charles Goldsborough. and was born on the family estate (Horns Point) at Cambridge in Dorchester County, Province of Maryland on December 3, 1733. [1] His father owned over 10,000 acres (40 km 2) of land, and became a member of the Governor's Council in 1760.

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