1857--Rucker and Chambers Escape
Item
- Title
- 1857--Rucker and Chambers Escape
- Date
- 1857
- Formatted date
- 1857-01-01
- Event type
- Escape
- Description
- "Rucker's and Chambers' negro men run off" is the title of an article refering to enslaved persons owned by Alfred Chambers and Paschal Rucker. Tax lists show the loss of two enslaved people for Chambers and five for Rucker. Both lived near Woolper Creek.
- Participant
- Slave holder(s): Chambers, Alfred; Rucker, Paschal
- Chambers, Alfred Edwin
- Rucker, Paschal
- Location
- Boone County (Ky.)
Linked resources
Title | Class |
---|---|
Chambers, Alfred Edwin | Person |
Rucker, Paschal | Person |
unknown, child [69] | Person |
unknown, female [15] | Person |
unknown, female [16] | Person |
unknown, male [1] | Person |
unknown, male [2] | Person |
unknown, male [7] | Person |
unknown, male [8] | Person |