AA--Events--Escapes--Kentucky--Boyd County
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1807 - Boyd Co., A Christmas escape In 1808, Scott County enslaver James Suggett offered a $50 reward for the return of 40-year-old Jim (or James.) Jim was described as "a likely fellow, inclinable to traffic and trade, subject to drink to excess" It was mentioned that, if drunk, he sometimes referred to himself as "Locust." Jim escaped while hired out to "Col. Johnson" near the mouth of the Little Sandy river, in Boyd County, at Christmas, 1807.