Runaway Slaves
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Title
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Runaway Slaves
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Publisher
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White & Co.
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S. Riddle & Co. <Sept. 5, 1855- >
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Place
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Pittsburg, Pa.
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Date
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3 Feb 1855
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Language
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English
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Temporal coverage
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1851-1861
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Description
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From the article," The Cincinnati Columbian of Saturday last is informed that the travel over the underground railroad was unusually native, in that city, for the few days previous. No fewer than seven lots of runaway slaves had arrived at that terminus within a week. The first of these lots was composed of three men; the next of three men; the third of two men; the fifth of one man. All these were from Kentucky. The sixth lot was composed of two middle-aged stout men, who had come on foot from Louisisana, sleeping by day and walking toward the north star at night. They arrived in Cincinnati on Wednesday and after recruiting, were to be sent over the underground railroad to Canada. The last lot was composed of a mother and three children who came up on the mail boat from Louisville, and were to be taken to Paris, Kentucky. She managed to get to some Abolitionists, and was immediately sent North. The total loss to the masters, from the escape of these fifteen slaves, must esceed fifteen thousand dollars."
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Accessed online at the Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive, panewsarchive.psu.edu
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Bibliographic citation
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About the Daily Pittsburg Gazette. Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive, <https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn84026382/>