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Seventeen enslaved people from Washington, KY escaped and were pursued. One man was recaptured.
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Five men, a woman and two children, belonging to “sundry citizens of Mason County” made their escape. It is assumed that they went together and were assisted. The Maysville Eagle calls for an “association of slave holders” for the protection of their property.
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Juliet Miles, former enslaved, was caught attempting to free her children and grandchildren and others (10 total) from slavery in Bracken and Mason Counties.
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Several freedom seekers owned by Col. Edward Towers, were hidden in the homes of Robert Miller and Absolom King in the Red Oak Settlement. Two were discovered in Miller’s house and he (Miller) was stabbed to death. At King’s house, a fight ensued. Col Tower’s son was killed, then King was shot. The sheriff arrived and stopped the violence. Days later, Kentuckians returned and burned the abolitionists’ houses and hanged a freedom seeker.
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15 or 20 freedom seekers from Mason County escaped from slaveholders Greathouse, Gorsuch and others. Six of the group crossed at Ripley. Conductors were captured, one white and one free person of color, from Cincinnati. This occurred on the same night as a large group from Harrison was being pursued and engaged in Bracken County.
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Seven enslaved people belonging to James C. Savage of Germantown escaped on the 23rd of May, Saturday evening, 1863. Fifteen others of the same neighborhood also escaped the same night.
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Eight enslaved people attempted to cross “below Maysville” on September 10, 1849. The skiff capsized, 4 drowned, four were caught, and the enslaved conductor was flogged with 39 lashes.
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Thirty-one enslaved people from Augusta (Bracken County) and Dover, KY (Mason County) escaped into Ripley. Clothing was found, one homeowner refused a search warrant. Three were captured, local authorities and residents did not cooperate.
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“We learn from the Maysville Eagle that a judgment for some $1500 was obtained against the steamer Bostona in the Lewis Circuit Court last week for having taken off a slave belonging to Mrs. Eshom.”
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In January 1856, John Price escaped from a slaveholder by the name of John G. Bacon of Tuckahoe Ridge (just opposite Rev. Rankin’s home in Ripley) In 1858 a slavehunter came after him. Two-hundred citizens assisted in his escape.
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A $100 reward Ad for Emily states that she ran away on July 27, 1853, from “near Lewisburg” Mason County. Her slaveholder name was Thomas H. Williams.
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In September 1853, a few miles below Maysville, 5 enslaved escape and 3 are described as “very fair and delicate mulatto girls." They went through Ripley to freedom.
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One enslaved person was assisted to freedom by a conductor named Thompson. Thompson was caught and tried.
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A free man assists his 5 enslaved children to freedom.
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A woman and her three children self-emancipated from slave holder F.M. Weedon, of Mason County, on Sunday, May 4, 1851. Weedon’s 1850 slave schedule shows a young woman and three small children, and three older adults. In 1860, the numbers are reduced to show the loss.
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One enslaved man (unnamed) owned by the slaveholder Walter Linn was assisted by the free person of color Henry and Isaac Rumsey who was arrested and acquitted. Also involved where two white men, Cripps (a teacher) and James Cooper. Cripps was bailed out of jail, Cooper was not.
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In September 1852 one enslaved person, owned by slaveholder Blackstone H. Rankins, was assisted in an escape attempt by FPOC Dr. Perkins. Perkins, 70, was sentenced to a penitentiary for 3 years.
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On October 23, 1858 eleven enslaved people escaped from near Germantown. No other details are given, probably related to the Juliet Miles case.
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Three enslaved men escaped (ca. June, 1860) from slaveholders Reed and Pollack, near Germantown. Slavehunters captured one near Iberia, OH, two escaped with help of FPOC and White citizens.
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On December 16, 1848, two enslaved people (one male, one female) made their escape from slaveholder Mrs. Goddard in Maysville.
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Squire Nelson, born in 1815, escaped from Mason County, Kentucky, circa 1831. He made it to Canada, and served in the Canadian militia.
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John Hardin, enslaved in Flemingsburg, escaped in 1840 to Canada. He returned to reunite with family in 1889.
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Henry H. Young was born on November 25, 1835 in Mason County, Ky, and was owned by the slaveholder Mary Green. He moved to Covington, Ky and escaped to Cincinnati in August 1849 at the age of 14 yrs. Meandering his path to freedom, he moved through the UGRR in Ohio and Indiana, living in several communities along the way, eventually he went to Canada. He mentioned that his mother was left behind, possibly with the Green family.
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Harry, a man of about 28 yrs old, left enslavement in Flemingsburg on the 20th of May, 1820, wearing his new “roram hat” (similar to a beaver hat). Slaveholder Joshua Stockton offered a reward of $50 for his return.
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A $50 reward is offered for the return of a freedom seeker named Dick who is 35-40 years old. Ownership is claimed by David L. Ward of Mays Lick. A man matching Dick’s description was spotted near Chillicothe, Ohio, and claimed to be a free man, recently manumitted by a preacher named James Suggett. Ad was placed by agent William Buckner, Jr.