1845--Escape Case Brought Before Ohio Supreme Court

Title: 1845--Escape Case Brought Before Ohio Supreme Court
Date: 17 Jan 1845
Formatted date: 1845-01-17
Event type: Escape; Trial
Description: A case was brought before the Ohio Supreme Court in Chillicothe regarding the escape of an enslaved person. The freedom seeker went from Kentucky to Ohio, where he was overtaken. Abolitionists offered $800 to his enslaver. The enslaver stated he was never paid, and the abolitionists claimed they never made the offer.
Location: Pike County (Ohio); Chillocothe (Ohio)
Immediately Preceding Event: 1845--Kentucky Enslaver is due his Money for Freedom Seeker Caught in Ohio
Bibliographic citation: The Spirit of Democracy. [volume], January 17, 1845, Image 2
Source: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038115/1845-01-17/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1792&index=11&rows=20&words=escaped+Kentucky+slave&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1865&proxtext=%22kentucky%22+%22slave%22+%22escape%22&y=8&x=6&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1

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