unknown, Adams
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Title
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unknown, Adams
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Gender
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Male
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Biography
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All that is known about Adams is that he had been enslaved on a 400-acre plantation owned by the Cleveland family near Versailles in Woodford County, Kentucky. At some point, likely between 1862 and 1865, he unsuccessfully attempted to flee enslavement. When he returned, his enslaver, an unknown member of the Cleveland family, hit him over the head with a log from a fire. This event is recounted by George Henderson, a young child enslaved on the plantation.
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Relationship
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Slaveholder(s): Cleveland, unknown
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Bibliographic citation(s)
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Federal Writers' Project: Slave Narrative Project, Vol. 7, Kentucky, Bogie-Woods with combined interviews of others. 1936. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/mesn070/.