Free person of color Thomas Brown, apprenticed to a secessoinist, takes refuge in Annapolis
description: Thomas Brown, a free person of color apprenticed to Grafton Hall, a secessionist, seeks protection in Annapolis because he is afraid that Hall will punish him for giving information to Union troops "that had led to the capture of rebel arms."
date: 2/15/1862
coverage: Anne Arundel County, MD