bef 1857--Boat Explosion
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Title
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bef 1857--Boat Explosion
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Formatted date
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1857-01-01
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Before
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1857
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Event type
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Escape
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Description
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Before 1857, eight men perished in an explosion of the "Noah P. Sprague" boat on the Detroit River. Among them, William Sanford, [first name unknown] Tolliver (a.k.a. Talliaferro), and [first name unknown] Stephenson, all listed as "colored" and from Malden, Canada West They were possibly part of a Cass County (Mich.) migrant group.
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Bibliographic citation
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"Boat Explosion," The Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI, 15 Nov 1857