1807 - Boyd Co., A Christmas escape
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Title
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1807 - Boyd Co., A Christmas escape
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Date
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1807
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Formatted date
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1807
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Event type
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Escape
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Description
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In 1808, Scott County enslaver James Suggett offered a $50 reward for the return of 40-year-old Jim (or James.) Jim was described as "a likely fellow, inclinable to traffic and trade, subject to drink to excess" It was mentioned that, if drunk, he sometimes referred to himself as "Locust." Jim escaped while hired out to "Col. Johnson" near the mouth of the Little Sandy river, in Boyd County, at Christmas, 1807.
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Participant
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African American(s): unknown, Jim
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unknown, Jim [21]
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Enslaver(s): Suggett, James
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Bibliographic citation
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Liberty Hall, Cincinnati, Oh., August 6, 1808
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