1820 - Franklin Co., Popular Caesar

Item

Title
1820 - Franklin Co., Popular Caesar
Date
1820
Formatted date
1820
Event type
Escape
Description
Caesar who was about 25-30 years old, escaped enslaver Isaac Yarnall of the Forks of Elkhorn in 1820. Yarnall ran a paper mill and had purchased Caesar as a laborer from John W. Hunt's sale of enslaved factory workers in Lexington several years prior. Yarnall believed that Caesar had a "great many friends and acquaintances" in Lexington who would help hide him.
Bibliographic citation
Kentucky Gazette, Lexington, Jan 7, 1820
Item sets
AA--Events--Escapes--Kentucky--Franklin County

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unknown, Caesar [3] Person