Archives of Maryland
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Lorenzo Penn (b. circa 1807 - d. ?)
MSA SC 5496-3359
Accomplice to slave flight,  Frederick County, Maryland, 1843

Biography:

Penn, a thirty-six year old Frederick County mulatto was tried and convicted for enticing a slave to run away.  He was sent to the Maryland Penitentiary on November 22, 1843 and served five years, six months there.

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