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1831--John Lewis’ Arrest and Escape
A man named John Lewis was logged into the Gallatin County Jail on 18 Aug 1831, under suspicion of being a runaway. He produced free papers but was not believed. The man managed to break free from jail but left behind his horse and tack.
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1859--Four Freedom Seekers From Near Warsaw
Four unnamed men near Warsaw escaped enslavement in Sep 1859. Slaveholders by the name of “Robinson” and “Hughes” each claimed ownership of one man, the slaveholder(s) of the other two men were not named.
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1846--"Ned" Caught and Arrested
On April 19, 1846 "Ned," an enslaved man from Louisville belonging to John Delph was caught in Grant County and held in jail.
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1844--Reward Ad for Nelly
A $20 reward was offered for woman named Nelly, ran from Downingsville, J.H. Downing hired her from B.F. Fugate, admr. Of H. Maddoe, deceased.
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1859--Four Unnamed Freedom Seekers Escape from Near Warsaw
Four unnamed male freedom seekers ran away from Warsaw, “a short time since.”
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1856--Reward Ad for Five Freedom-Seekers
Five enslaved people escaped from Grant county, a $1000 reward was offered.
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1811--Reward Ad for Harry and Mingo
A combined reward of $20 is offered by slaveholders Thomas Ayers and James Blanton of Gallatin County, for the return of Harry and Mingo. Harry, 18 yrs old, was wearing a blue or black coat, and Mingo, 24 yrs old, was described as blind in one eye.
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1861--Five Men and One Woman Caught
December 22, 1861, five men and one woman were caught in Dillsboro, Indiana. They were identified as runaways from Warsaw.
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1861--Freedom Seeker "Hunted"
On Feb 27, 1861, P. C. Lillard is "hunting [a] man who ran from him" near Napolean (by the Boone/Gallatin border.) The freedom-seeker left on the 25th of February.
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1821--Reward Ad for Peter Shelley
Slaveholder Benjamin Waller offered a $200 reward for the return of an enslaved man named Peter Shelley, age 44 yrs. Shelley escaped by using a pass that was 10 years out of date. From a runaway notice from Gallatin County, Kentucky in the Lawrenceburg, Indiana Oracle as cited in the Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky.