1856--Escaped Slave Accused of Assault and Theft

Title: 1856--Escaped Slave Accused of Assault and Theft
Date: 4 Oct 1856
Formatted date: 1856-10-04
Event type: Capture; Lynching
Description: An escaped enslaved person in Golconda, Pope County, Illinois, has been reported to be breaking into farms and stealing. He broke into the house of Daniel Threldkeld. His wife and kids were the only ones home. The paper reported he attacked and assaulted her. He supposedly did the same thing in Mrs. Jackson's home. The enslaved person was caught the next day and taken to the jail. A crowd of locals decided to take matters into their own hands and took the black man into their custody. They took him into the county and tied him up. They proceeded to torture and kill him without a trial for what he was accused of.
Participant: Participant(s): Threldkeld, Daniel; Mrs. Jackson
Location: Golconda (Ill.); Pope County (Ill.); Kentucky
Bibliographic citation: Cooper's Clarksburg Register. [volume], September 12, 1856, Image 2
Source: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86092124/1856-10-04/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1792&sort=relevance&rows=20&words=Kentucky+runaway&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=17&state=&date2=1865&proxtext=%22kentucky%22+%22runaway%22&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=2