1865--Escape of Nancy Mcgruder

Title: 1865--Escape of Nancy Mcgruder
Date: Sep 1865
Formatted date: 1865-09-01
Event type: Escape
Description: Nancy Mcgruder was the only slave on the Dinsmore property that is known to have run away. She left the Dinsmore family in September of 1865, after most slaves in the United States had been freed but before those in Kentucky were. She was “excluded” from her church for leaving the state “in a disorderly manner.”
Participant: African American(s): Nancy Mcgruder; Mcgruder, Nancy; Slave holder(s): Dinsmore; Dinsmoor, James; Other participant(s): Brady, S.P.; Brady, Sebern Perry
Location: Boone County (Ky.)
Concurrent Event: 1865--Four Escape from Dinsmore Farm
Related resource: Mcgruder family; Dinsmore family
Bibliographic citation: "Nancy Mcgruder," Dinsmore Family Farm, Dinsmore Homestead Foundation.
Source: Nancy Mcgruder

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