Anna Maria Weems (circa 1840 to circa 1863) was an enslaved African American woman in Rockville, Maryland, who escaped by posing as a young Black livery man and carriage driver, assisted by the Underground Railroad, in September 1855. She later settled in Canada with other members of her family who had also escaped from slavery.
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c. 1840 - c. 1863Life of Anna Maria Weems, freedom seeker who escaped to Canada.
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23 Sep 1855Anna Maria Weems escapes slavery in Maryland and flees to Washington, D. C.
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23 Nov 1855Anna Maria Weems arrives safely in Philadelphia.
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Dec 1855Anna Maria Weems arrives safely in Canada as a free woman.
