Reverse Underground Railroad Victims

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Sold South

This is a list of known free black people who were kidnapped from northern states and sold into the south.

At this time the list is limited to people who were investigated by Mayor Joseph Watson and High Constable Samuel P Garrigues. It includes both those that they rescued and those that they were unable to rescue.

There is no reason for this list to be restricted to their work however, but I'm reaching the limit of how much psychic energy I can put into this project. I hope others can expand this list beyond the Watson/Garrigues work.

The obvious next person to be added would be Solomon Northup (1808-), but there are many more.

It has been said that there were as many passengers on the Reverse Underground Railroad as there were on the northbound Underground Railroad.

Who	When Abducted	Where Abducted	Age When Abducted	Last known situation
Alexander Manlove	9 Aug 1825	Philadelphia	5	Returned to Philadelphia through the efforts of Joseph Watson. Had four children and lived to see the end of slavery
Benjamin Baxter	Jul 1825	Philadelphia	Unknown	In the possession of Josiah Sutler in Mississippi
Benjamin Grey	Sep 1823	Philadelphia	15	Patrick Picket's farm in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Clement Cox	Jun 1825	Philadelphia	13	Returned to Philadelphia by High Constable Samuel P Garrigues; married and had two children; lived to see the end of slavery
Constant	Summer 1825	Philadelphia	Unknown	Sold on the way from North Carolina to Mississippi
Cornelius Sinclair	10 Aug 1825	Philadelphia	10	Freed via a Petition For Freedom thanks to the testimony of Adam Traquair and returned to Philadelphia; opened a savings account in Philadelphia in 1838
Daniel Stephens	Unknown	Philadelphia	Unknown	mentioned as still missing by Joseph Watson
Enos Tilghman	9 Aug 1825	Philadelphia	9	Returned to Philadelphia through the efforts of Joseph Watson. Had some trouble with the law following his return. Possibly in Pottsville in 1850.
Ephraim Lawrence	Jun 1825	Philadelphia	16	Returned to Philadelphia by High Constable Samuel P Garrigues and became a seaman. By 1836 was a crew man on board the Augustus.
Henry	Jul 1825	Maryland	"young man grown"	Held in slavery in Lawrence County, Mississippi
Isaiah Sadler	Sep 1824	Philadelphia	17	Escaped after a few days and returned to Philadelphia
Isaiah Thomas	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	mentioned as still missing by Joseph Watson
Isaac Wiltbank	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Mentioned as having been given up but not yet returned by Joseph Watson
Jacob Simons	Apr 1825	Philadelphia	16	Held in slavery in a county "adjoining" Tuscaloosa, Alabama
James Bayard	Jul 1825	Philadelphia	Unknown	Possibly still in the possession of Anthony Mason Perryman or possibly returned to Philadelphia
James Daily	Apr 1825	Philadelphia	14	Died at the Philadelphia Alms house 8 days after being returned home by High Constable Samuel P Garrigues as a result of illness, neglect, and severe treatment during his ordeal
Jane Victoire	Sep 1823	Philadelphia	14 or 15	Patrick Picket's farm in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Joe Johnson	10 Aug 1825	Philadelphia	14	Buried in a shallow grave on John W Hamilton's property in Rocky Spring, Mississippi
John Carr	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	mentioned as still missing by Joseph Watson
John Dorsey	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	mentioned as still missing by Joseph Watson
John Dunbar	Sep 1823	Philadelphia	15 or 16	Patrick Picket's farm in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
John Jacobs	Jun 1825	Pennsylvania, Delaware, or Maryland	7	Probably buried at the Alms house in Philadelphia; possibly remained in the possession of Anthony Mason Perryman in Mississippi.
"Little John" Lewis	Jul 1825	Philadelphia	Unknown	In the possession of Josiah Sutler in Mississippi
John Richardson	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	mentioned as still missing by Joseph Watson
John D Tindle	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	mentioned as still missing by Joseph Watson
"Hopping John" Waters	Unknown	Philadelphia	Unknown	Buried at the Alms House on June 18, 1828
John Williams	Sep 1823	Philadelphia	8	Patrick Picket's farm in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Levin Stephens Jr	Unknown	Philadelphia	Unknown	mentioned as still missing by Joseph Watson
Lydia Smith	1825	Georgetown, Delaware	21	Held by a Mr Walsh (probably J.W., possibly D.W) in Natchez, Mississippi
Mary Fisher	14 Aug 1825	Elkton, Maryland	in her 40's	Returned to her husband in Delaware through the efforts of Joseph Watson
Matilda McGee	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	mentioned as still missing by Joseph Watson
Milton Trusty	Jun 1825	Philadelphia	Unknown	believed to be in Wayne County, Mississippi
Peter Hook	Jun 1825	Philadelphia	Unknown	Possibly still in the possession of Anthony Mason Perryman or possibly alive in Philadelphia in 1847
Samuel Scomp	6 Aug 1825	Philadelphia	14	Returned to Philadelphia through the efforts of Joseph Watson. Eight years later jailed in a race riot in Philadelphia by an all white jury.
Sarah Nicholson	August 1826	Philadelphia	23	Her Petition for Freedom was granted and Henry L. Thompson was ordered to pay back wages and her travel home; In Philadelphia she testified against Thomas Collins
Staten	Summer 1825	Philadelphia	Unknown	Sold on the way from North Carolina to Mississippi
Washington Brown	Apr 1825	Philadelphia	Unknown	Possibly Philip Hickey's plantation in Baton Rouge, Lousiana
William Chase	Jun 1825	Philadelphia	Unknown	believed to be in Wayne County, Mississippi
William Miller	Jun 1825	Philadelphia	Unknown	Possibly still in the possession of Anthony Mason Perryman or possibly returned to Philadelphia

See also:

• Reverse Underground Railroad Timeline