1854-- Twenty-Three Freedom Seekers Escape Enslavement via the Licking River

Title: 1854-- Twenty-Three Freedom Seekers Escape Enslavement via the Licking River
Date: 14 Jun 1854
Formatted date: 1854-06-14
Event type: Escape
Description: On Wednesday, June 15, 1854, 23 freedom seekers traveled down the Licking River in disguise from Grant County, KY. They crossed the Ohio and reportedly headed straight for Canada. Their identities and the ultimate outcome of their escape are unknown.
Source: Telegraphic Despatches; The Fugitive Slave Case at Cincinnati

Item sets: AA--Events--Escapes--Kentucky--Gallatin and Grant Counties; AA--CCDI--Events--New