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Slavery Declared to Be Constitutional and Beyond the Power of Congress to Modify or Regulate, by the Supreme Court of the United States
The article describes the unanimous US Supreme Court decision that upheld the Fugitive Slave Act. The case, 'Jones vs Vanzandt', was a lawsuit over the harboring of two freedom seekers from Boone County, Kentucky.
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Mississippi Creole (Canton, Miss.), 1841-1851; The
Publication frequency: Weekly
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Ontario Man, 103 Is a Former Slave
Story about a formerly enslaved man from Boone County, Kentucky celebrating his 103rd birthday.
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Monitor (Omaha, Neb.), 1915-1928; The
Newspaper of Omaha, Nebraska
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Letter from Ex-Governor Metcalfe, of Kentucky
Tells the story of a freedom seeker from Kentucky who was living in Ohio, and attempts to recapture him using the new Fugitive Slave Act.
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Daily Union (Washington, D.C.), 1845-1857; The
Publication frequency: Daily (except Sunday and Monday) Feb. 19, 1856-1857
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Excitement in Ohio
The short article relates the arrest of four men in Mechanicsburg, Ohio for sheltering a freedom seeker from Flemingsburg, Ky., and sending him on his way north. They were charged with violating the Fugitive Slave Act.
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Republican Vindicator (Staunton, Va.), 1849-1857
Publication frequency: Weekly
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From Cincinnati
Describes the violence of Boone County (Ky.) "rebel rangers" who grabbed and whipped a freedman with thorn bush branches in front of his family, and ordering him out of the county under threat of death.
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Vermont Watchman and State Journal (Montpelier, Vt.), 1836-1883
Publication frequency: Weekly
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A slave in Boone County...
The paragraph notes twenty-five enslaved people in Boone County sought freedom after being inspired by the novel 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'. At the time of publication, they had not been recaptured.
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Telegraphic Despatches
This is a section of the full "Telegraphic Despatches"
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Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, D.C.), 1834-1974
The newspaper of Alexandria County, Virginia
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From the West
One paragraph contains a brief notice of the recent escape of nine enslaved people from Boone County, Kentucky, believed to be hidden in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Arrest and Examination of Eight Fugitive Slaves in Cincinnati
Describes the arrest and trial of eight freedom seekers from Boone County, Kentucky.
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New York Herald (New York, N.Y.), 1840-1920
Frequency: Daily Jan. 9, 1842-1920
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The Fugitive Slave Cases at Cincinnati
An article detailing the escape, recapture and trial of a group of nine enslaved people from Boone County, Kentucky.
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Allphin, Ransom
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Graves, Lou Ann
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Gaines, Malvina
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Shelley, Peter
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Cleveland, Hiram
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Sleet, Lula Mae
During the 1942-43 academic year, Lula Sleet was one of about sixty young women who trained in aircraft radio drafting at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. After completing the intensive thirteen-week industrial drawing course, she was sent to work for the U.S. Army Signal Corps in their laboratory at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio.
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Sleet, Estill
According to his World War I draft registration, Estill was tall with a medium build. His World War II draft registration card further clarified, marking his height as 6 feet 2 inches, and his weight at 185 pounds.
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Sleet, Myrtle C.