1865--Escape of Nancy Mcgruder
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Title
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1865--Escape of Nancy Mcgruder
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Date
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Sep 1865
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Formatted date
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1865-09-01
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Event type
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Escape
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Description
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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.”
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Bibliographic citation
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"Nancy Mcgruder," Dinsmore Family Farm, Dinsmore Homestead Foundation.