1853--Slave Escapes From Walter Linn

Title: 1853--Slave Escapes From Walter Linn
Date: 1853
Formatted date: 1853-11-01
Event type: Escape
Description: One enslaved man (unnamed) owned by the slaveholder Walter Linn was assisted by the free person of color Henry and Isaac Rumsey who was arrested and acquitted. Also involved where two white men, Cripps (a teacher) and James Cooper. Cripps was bailed out of jail, Cooper was not.
Participant: Slave holder(s): Walter Linn; Linn, Walter; Other participant(s): Cripps; James Cooper; Henry Rumsey; Isaac Rumsey
Location: Bracken County (Ky.)
Related resource: Linn family; Rumsey family; Crisler family; Cooper family
Bibliographic citation: "Slaves Escape From Walter Linn," Louisville Daily Courier, Louisville, KY, 22 Nov 1853
Source: Slave Escapes From Walter Linn

Item sets: AA--Events--Escapes--Kentucky--Bracken, Fleming, and Mason Counties

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