1852--Mail Boat Escape

Title: 1852--Mail Boat Escape
Date: 31 Jan 1852
Formatted date: 1852-01-31
Event type: Escape; Trial
Description: James G. Birney looks into the Supreme Court case regarding the escape of a Kentucky enslaved person who made his way across the Ohio River via a mail boat run by Strader and Gorman.
Participant: Birney, James G.; Strader, unknown; Gorman, unknown
Location: Kentucky; Ohio
Source: Letter from Cincinnati