1855--Multiple Group Escapes
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Title
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1855--Multiple Group Escapes
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Date
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1855
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Formatted date
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1855-01-01
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Event type
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Escape
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Description
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Possible Boone County enslaved persons escaped through Boone County crossing points. A report is made of seven separate groups of freedom seekers arriving in Cincinnati within a week, many may have come through Boone County. The first three and the fifth escaped group from Kentucky were comprised of 3 males, 3 males, two males and one male, respectively. The sixth escape was two men from Louisiana, who came on foot. The seventh was a woman and three children on a mail boat from Louisville.
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Bibliographic citation
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"Runaway Slaves," The Pittsburg Gazette, Pittsburg, PA, 3 Feb 1855