1821--Reward Ad for Peter Shelley

Title: 1821--Reward Ad for Peter Shelley
Date: 1821
Formatted date: 1821-01-01
Event type: Escape
Description: Slaveholder Benjamin Waller offered a $200 reward for the return of an enslaved man named Peter Shelley, age 44 yrs. Shelley escaped by using a pass that was 10 years out of date. From a runaway notice from Gallatin County, Kentucky in the Lawrenceburg, Indiana Oracle as cited in the Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky.
Participant: African American(s): Peter Shelley; Shelley, Peter; Slave holder(s): Benjamin Waller; Waller, Benjamin
Location: Gallatin County (Ky.)
Related resource: Waller family
Bibliographic citation: Coon, Diane Perrine. "Underground Railroad, Boone, Carroll, and Gallatin Counties," Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky, page 899.
Source: Underground Railroad, Boone, Carroll, and Gallatin Counties

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Shelley, Peter	Person
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