1826--Andrew Shields
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Title
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1826--Andrew Shields
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Date
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1826
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Formatted date
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1826-07-01
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Event type
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Escape
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Description
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Andrew Shields, a man of color, is bound and confined in Lawrenceburg by George and Benjamin Brasher. Brasher claims he is a Kentucky runaway, Shields claims he a a free man being kidnapped. Brasher claimed the slaveholder hired him and lived in "Miami Bottom" in Kentucky.
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Bibliographic citation
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"Dark Business," Indiana Palladium, Volume 2, Number 25, Lawrenceburg, IN, 1 July 1826.