Sydney Howard Gay’s "Record of Fugitives"

Fugitive Slaves > E - H > Harris, Elizabeth

   
   
   
slave name: Harris, Elizabeth
owner name: Bennett, William
occupation: farmer
state: Delaware
town: Dutch Neck 
census: 1850 slave schedule 2 slaves female 18, male 7.  1860 1 slave, male 18.  1850 farmer, 14,000 property, 40 with wife, 7 children, various laborers
place sent: Canada
comments: 25, house servant; husband James passed through to Canada 3-4 weeks ago; to St. Catherines, Canada West; James in Still owned by Catherine Ondine sent to Canada; Dec 1856 the two reunited in Canada

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