Baltimore City, Maryland Slavery News Stories 1807 Reward Notice for Cato DAY (On our Washington D.C. website) The 1846 Arrest of Enoch G. Bell, freeman, for the alleged abduction and kidnapping of "Sophia" a slave of Maryland Governor, Thomas G. Pratt. $50 reward for runaway negro Abraham; left my farm on Christmas day; age 23 yrs. His father, a free man, lives in Baltimore; a brother, a slave, lives in Washington City. - John Fergussen, Mulberry Grove, near Port Tobacco, Md. [Daily National Intelligencer, JAN 13, 1821 - Submitted by K. Torp] Some of the free negroes kidnapped from Baltimore, were sold to General Gideon J. Pillow and placed on a plantation owned by him in Arkansas. He discovered the fact that they were free men by conversing with them, and immediately gave information to the Mayor of Baltimore and offered to return them. Well done, Gen. Pillow. [Illinois State Democrat, Oct. 3, 1860 - Submitted by Candi H.] A man named Jacob Blend has been arrested near Philadelphia and taken to Baltimore, on a charge of hiring free negroes and then taking them South and selling them. [Illinois State Democrat, Oct. 3, 1860 - Submitted by Candi H.]     Back to Baltimore City Home Page ©2007 Genealogy Trails