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Kentucky
Republished from the Emancipator.
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Sein Eigener Here
Relates the story of William Wiles, formerly enslaved in Jessamine County, Ky.
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A Curious Case
Describes Henrietta Wood's story on the occasion of the verdict in her lawsuit.
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Henry Clay's Slave
Obituary of Phoebe Moore, formerly enslaved mistress of Henry Clay.
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Gen. Canby's "Ole Mammy"
Biography of Cassy Ketcham, the formerly enslaved woman who nursed General E.R.S. Canby as a child.
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Slave Narratives, Volume 7, Kentucky, Bogie-Woods
Includes narratives by Amelia Jones, Ann Gudgel, Annie B. Boyd, Annie Morgan, Anonymous Female, Belle Robinson, Bert Mayfield, Charlie Richmond, Compilation, Cora Torian, Dan Bogie, Easter Sudie Campbell, Edd Shirley, Elizabeth Alexander, Esther Hudespeth, George Dorsey, George Henderson, George Scruggs, Harriet Mason, Jenny McKee, Joana Owens, John Anderson, Kate Billingsby, Mandy Gibson, Martha J. Jones, Mary Wooldridge, Mary Wright, Mrs. Heyburn, Nannie Eaves, Peter Bruner, Rev. John R. Cox, Scott Mitchell, Sophia Word, Susan Dale Sanders, Uncle Dick, Wes Woods, Will Oats
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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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Ontario Man, 103 If a Former Slave
Story about a formerly enslaved man from Boone County, Kentucky celebrating his 103rd birthday.
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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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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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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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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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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.