1853 - Miller v. McQuerry · African Americans of the Kentucky Borderlands

1853 - Miller v. McQuerry

Title: 1853 - Miller v. McQuerry
Date: 1853
Event type: Fugitive Slave Trial
Description: George Mcquerry, who had escaped from Henry Miller of Washington County in 1849, was captured in 1853. A fugitive slave trial was held in Cincinnati beginning in August that year. McQuerry was represented by John Jolliffe and James Birney. Judge McClean found for the enslaver, citing precedent. Miller had won but surprised all the parties by offering to sell George for $1500 to anyone who wanted to see him freed. The African American community in Cincinnati began fund-raising, but did not meet the deadline. Miller took George back to Kentucky and it is presumed he was sold away.
Location: Washington County (Ky.)
Preceding Event: 1849 - Washington Co., McQuerry's escape
Bibliographic citation: ohiohistorycentral.org
Source: Liberator (Boston, Mass.), 1831-1865; The

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