1848--Large-scale Escape
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Title
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1848--Large-scale Escape
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Date
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25 Aug 1848
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Formatted date
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1848-08-25
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Event type
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Escape
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Description
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Article of enslaved people escaping in large numbers from several counties in Kentucky with the help of abolitionists. Some have reported as many as 66 are missing from Woodford, Franklin, Bourbon, and Mason counties. Another report stated that a group of freedom seekers, 40 or 50, had stopped near Maysville. There has been some violence involved. Charles Foster was killed.
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Participant
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Foster, Charles