1864--Miss Mandana Tileston Marries to Man in Prison
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Title
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1864--Miss Mandana Tileston Marries to Man in Prison
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Date
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7 Jul 1864
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Formatted date
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1864-07-07
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Event type
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Escape
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Description
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Mandana Tileston marries Rev. Calvin Fairbanks after a 13-year engagement. Fairbanks had been imprisoned 12.5 years prior in Kentucky for helping the escape of enslaved people.
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Participant
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Tileston, Mandana; Tileston, Cornelius; Fairbanks, Calvin
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Bibliographic citation
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The Iowa Transcript., July 07, 1864, Image 2
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Source
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https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87058318/1864-07-07/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1792&index=10&rows=20&words=escape+Kentucky+slaves&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1865&proxtext=%22kentucky%22+%22slave%22+%22escape%22&y=8&x=6&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1