1836--Fifteen Slaves Escape

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Title
1836--Fifteen Slaves Escape
Date
1836
Formatted date
1836-01-01
Event type
Escape
Description
Fifteen enslaved people, led by Anthony Bingey, made arrangements to escape from General Taylor’s house in Newport. Included in the group was Bingey, his father, his father’s wife, their three children, Horace Hawkins and his sister, and Washington Burgess. James Williams, FPOC in Cincinnati, was the conductor. The freedom seekers had obtained a pass from Taylor to go to a “camp meeting up the Ohio."
Participant
African American(s): Anthony Bingey; Horace Hawkins; Washington Burgess
Slave holder(s): General Taylor
Taylor, James, Gen.
Other participant(s): James Williams
Location
Newport (Ky.)
Related resource
Bingey family
Burgess family
Hawkins family
Taylor family
Williams family
Bibliographic citation
Ohio: Hamilton County file, Wilbur H. Siebert Collection. Interview with Rev. Anthony Bingey of Windsor, Ontario. 1895. Accessed January 11, 2017

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Title Class
Taylor, James, Gen. Person