Baltimore (MD) Sun, "Affairs in Baltimore County," September 19, 1863

AFFAIRS IN BALTIMORE COUNTY. – We copy the following from the Towsontown Advocate:

              Stampede of Negroes. – We understand that a number of slaves have left their owners in the neighborhood of Pikesville recently; in fact, there seems to be a general exodus of them in that portion of the county. If this state of things continue, and it undoubtedly will, in short time there will not be an able bodied slave in that section of the country