George Thompson escaped from slavery in Frederick, Maryland, 46 years earlier [ca 1830].
Lengthy article about Thompson's death in 1880. See: The Springfield Reporter (Springfield, VT), 16 July 1880, 1, newspapers.com:
"Death of an Ex-Slave.
Had George Thompson, who lately died in Newport, R.I., lived until July 12th he would have been eighty five years of age..."
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