1859--Wellington Slave Rescue Case
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Title
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1859--Wellington Slave Rescue Case
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Date
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16 Apr 1859
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Formatted date
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1859-04-16
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Event type
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Trial
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Description
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Trial of the Wellington Slave Rescue Case. Freedom seeker, John escaped from his enslaver John G. Bacon in Kentucky. He escaped to Oberlin, OH, where slave catcher Anderson Jennings captured him.
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Participant
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Bacon, John G.; Jennings, Anderson
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Location
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Oberlin (Ohio)
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Bibliographic citation
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Cleveland Morning Leader. [volume], April 16, 1859, Image 3
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Source
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https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83035143/1859-04-16/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1792&index=1&rows=20&words=escaped+Kentucky+negro&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1865&proxtext=%22kentucky%22+%22negro%22+%22escape%22&y=9&x=19&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1