Fugitive Slaves

Title: Fugitive Slaves
Is part of: Southerner (Tarboro, N.C.), 1852-1867; The
Publisher: Geo. Howard, Jr.
Place: Edgecomb, NC
Date: 17 Oct 1857
Language: English
Temporal coverage: 1852-1867
Description: From the article, "Seventeen slaves escaped across the Ohio river lately, from Washington, Ky., and on being pursued one desperate fellow made fight. He was retaken, but only after he had dangerously wounded two of his captors. The rest of the fugitives escaped."; Accessed online at ChroniclingAmerica.loc.gov
Related resource: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90052434/1857-10-17/ed-1/seq-1/

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