1849--Boone Co., Emily Frances Attempts Escape

Title: 1849--Boone Co., Emily Frances Attempts Escape
Date: 1849
Formatted date: 1849-01-01
Event type: Escape
Description: Emily Frances, her mother and siblings were captured during an escape attempt from Boone County circa 1849. After their capture, Emily Frances, her mother and siblings were sold to slave trader Webb Ross of Georgetown, Kentucky. Ross separated the family and Emily Frances was sold to Marcus Broadwell of Cynthiana, Kentucky. She remained in Cynthiana until sometime before 1874, when her youngest child was born in Kansas. She was reunited with her mother and two brothers around this time. Emily Frances eventually settled in Colorado.
Participant: African American(s): Emily Frances; White, Emily Frances; Enslaver(s): Stephens, Benjamin Jr.; Ross, Webb; Broadwell, Marcus; Stephens, Benjamin L., Jr.; Ross, Webb; Broadwell, Marquis De La Fayette
Location: Georgetown (Ky.); Cynthiana (Ky.)
Related resource: Broadwell family; Vince family; Black family; Ross family; Stephens family; White family
Bibliographic citation: "Jenny (White) Carter Information Wanted Ad," The Christian Recorder, Philadelphia, PA, 27 Apr 1867
Source: Jenny (White) Carter Information Wanted Ad; Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965; Colorado State Census, 1885; Tenth Census of the United States, 1880; Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900