Category: Cannon Johnson Ring

Categories: Gangsters

The Cannon/Johnson ring was responsible for the kidnapping of black children in and around Philadelphia in the 1820s and selling them in the slave states.

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Person Profiles (14)

Jesse Cannon abt 1765 - 1822

Jesse Cannon 1788

Henry Carr - abt 10 Dec 1827

Thomas Collins abt 1790 Sussex, Delaware, United States

Martha (Hanly) Cannon 1765 Dorchester, Maryland - 11 May 1829

Tilly James abt 1800 Pennsylvania, United States

Ebenezer Johnson abt 1800

Joseph Johnson abt 1795

Robert Martin 12 Apr 1781 Rockingham, North Carolina, British Colonial America - 25 May 1848

John Miller abt 1783

Bill Paragee - 01 Jun 1827

Jacob Purnell abt 1775 Province of Maryland - Mar 1824

John Purnell abt 1801 Snow Hill, Cecil, Maryland, United States - 26 Mar 1833

Sally (Shehe) Johnson abt 1800

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