1859--Four Freedom Seekers From Near Warsaw
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Title
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1859--Four Freedom Seekers From Near Warsaw
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Date
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Sep 1859
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Formatted date
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1859-09-01
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Event type
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Escape
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Description
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Four unnamed men near Warsaw escaped enslavement in Sep 1859. Slaveholders by the name of “Robinson” and “Hughes” each claimed ownership of one man, the slaveholder(s) of the other two men were not named.
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Participant
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Slave holder(s): Hughes; Robinson
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Bibliographic citation
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"Four Freedom Seekers From Near Warsaw," Indiana Weekly Visitor, Rising Sun, IN, 17 Sep 1859