AA--Events--Escapes--Kentucky--Hardin County
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1840 - Hardin Co., Opportunity knocked and James answered In May, 1840, enslaver Milton Young was relocating his household from Nelson Co. to Union Co., While en route in the wagon train, 25-yr-old James, and enslaved man held by Young, took the opportunity to slip away in Hardin County. Young offered a reward of up to $100 for James' return.
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1840 - Hardin Co., Searching for Sam In May of 1840, Mary Fletcher of West Point, Hardin Co., offered a reward of up to $100 for the return of a freedom seeker named Sam. Sam was described as about 28 years old and nearly six feet tall with a large scar from a burn on the side of his face.