1857--U.S. Marshalls Arrested

Title: 1857--U.S. Marshalls Arrested
Date: 4 Jun 1857
Formatted date: 1857-06-04
Event type: Escape
Description: US Marshalls attempted to arrest a freedom seeker from Kentucky. However, it was unsuccessful when the escapee locked himself on the second floor of a log cabin in Mechanicsburg, Champaign County, OH. The former enslaved man was assisted by local abolitionists who threatened violence against the marshalls if they attempted to arrest him. The marshalls returned a few days later to arrest the abolitionists; the freedom seeker had already left for Canada. A judge from Clark County issued a writ of habeas corpus, which discharged the abolitionists and placed the marshalls in jail.
Location: Mechanicsburg (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio); Cincinnati (Ohio); Xenia (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
Bibliographic citation: M'arthur Democrat., June 04, 1857, Image 2
Source: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87075163/1857-06-04/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1792&sort=relevance&rows=20&words=escaped+Kentucky+slave&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=15&state=&date2=1865&proxtext=%22kentucky%22+%22slave%22+%22escape%22&y=13&x=14&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=2