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Blackman’s own son confirmed this version of the escape to me when I met him in Catonsville, Maryland, in 1940. The son was very definite in his account,” Eastham said.

“Other stories circulated around my family refer to a relay of horses back to Rappahannock through Winchester but, although the latter version is more dramatic, the former is more plausible — and better documented.

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