1860--Two Freedom Seekers Captured in Lawrenceburg

Title: 1860--Two Freedom Seekers Captured in Lawrenceburg
Date: 1860
Formatted date: 1860-05-01
Event type: Escape
Description: Two freedom seekers are captured in Lawrenceburg and beaten by a mob. The slaveholder, named as a minister only, comes to retrieve them and says he would've preferred they had made their way to freedom as opposed to the treatment they received in Lawrenceburg.
Location: Lawrenceburg (Ky.)
Bibliographic citation: "Two Freedom Seekers Captured in Lawrenceburg," The Cincinnati Commercial, Cincinnati, OH, 10 May 1860
Source: Two Freedom Seekers Captured in Lawrenceburg