1853--Five Slaves Escape
Item
- Title
- 1853--Five Slaves Escape
- Date
- Sep 1853
- Formatted date
- 1853-09-01
- Event type
- Escape
- Description
- In September 1853, a few miles below Maysville, 5 enslaved escape and 3 are described as “very fair and delicate mulatto girls." They went through Ripley to freedom.
- Bibliographic citation
- "Five Slaves Escape," The Liberator, Boston, MA., 30 Sep 1853
- Source
- Five Slaves Escape