1860--Two Freedom Seekers Captured in Lawrenceburg
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Title
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1860--Two Freedom Seekers Captured in Lawrenceburg
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Date
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1860
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Formatted date
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1860-05-01
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Event type
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Escape
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Description
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Two freedom seekers are captured in Lawrenceburg and beaten by a mob. The slaveholder, named as a minister only, comes to retrieve them and says he would've preferred they had made their way to freedom as opposed to the treatment they received in Lawrenceburg.
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Bibliographic citation
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"Two Freedom Seekers Captured in Lawrenceburg," The Cincinnati Commercial, Cincinnati, OH, 10 May 1860