TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS REWARD. - Ran away from the subscriber, living near Piscataway, Prince George's county, Maryland, on Tuesday, the 18th instant, negro boy THOMAS, who calls himself Thomas Whealer; about six feet high; bright yellow; about twenty years of age; clothing not recollected. I will give the above reward if brought home to me, or secured in jail so that him again. GEORGE W. GARDINER.
In March 1852, I walked away from Gardiner's farm in Piscataway, Prince George's County, Marylandd. They called me Thomas, but I have reclaimed my own name and I will be known by it. My name was THOMAS WHEALER. #slavery #MD #BlackHistory