1854--Nine Freedom Seekers Caught in Boone County

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Title: 1854--Nine Freedom Seekers Caught in Boone County
Date: June 1854
Formatted date: 1854-06-01
Event type: Escape
Description: Several enslaved men and women escaped from Burlington, Ky. The freedom seekers included Shadrach, 60, enslaved by Jonas Crisler; his wife Susan, 29, and their two boys, Almeda, 26, and her daughter Sarah Jane; Lewis, 24, enslaved by William Walton; Lee, 21, enslaved by John Gaines; and Anderson, 22, enslaved by John P. Scott.; The group took a skiff and traveled across the Ohio River to free soil. While heading north, they met a black man named John Gyser, who said he would help them. He ended up betraying them for the $1000 reward. Every freedom seeker was arrested.
Participant: African American(s): Almeda; Anderson; Jasper; John; Lee; Lewis; Shadrach; Susan; Wesley; Gyser, John; unknown, Almeda [6]; unknown, Anderson [7]; unknown, John [40]; unknown, Lee [3]; unknown, Lewis [20]; unknown, Sarah Jane; unknown, Shadrach [1]; unknown, Susan [13]; unknown, Wesley [7]; Slaveholder(s): Blankenbeker, Elizabeth Ann; Blankenbeker, Jasper; Crisler, Jonas; Scott, John P.; Walton, William; Smith, Elizabeth [1]; Blankenbeker, Jasper; Crisler, Jonas; Scott, John P.; Walton, William; Other participants: Gaines, John; Gyser, John; Commissioner Pendry, Mr. Hume
Location: Burlington (Ky.); Boone County (Ky.); Lawrenceburg (Ind.); Hamilton (Ohio); Cincinnati (Ohio); Covington (Ky.)
Related resource: Blankenbaker family; Crisler family; Scott family; Walton family
Source: Nine Freedom Seekers Caught in Boone County; Telegraphic Despatches; The Fugitive Slave Case at Cincinnati

Item sets: AA--Events--Escapes--Kentucky--Boone County--1850-1865; AA--CCDI--Events--Added information

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Items with "Participant in: 1854--Nine Freedom Seekers Caught in Boone County"
Title	Class
Blankenbeker, Jasper	Person
Crisler, Jonas	Person
Scott, John P.	Person
Smith, Elizabeth [1]	Person
unknown, Almeda [6]	Person
unknown, Anderson [7]	Person
unknown, John [40]	Person
unknown, Lee [3]	Person
unknown, Lewis [20]	Person
unknown, Sarah Jane	Person
unknown, Shadrach [1]	Person
unknown, Susan [13]	Person
unknown, Wesley [7]	Person
Walton, William	Person