1847--David and Lucy Powell

Title: 1847--David and Lucy Powell
Date: Oct 1847
Formatted date: 1847-10-01
Event type: Escape
Description: David and Lucy Powell and their 4 children escaped in October 1847 from John Norris in Petersburg. In 1849, Norris and several others made an attempt to recapture them in Cassopolis, MI, but were stopped in South Bend, IN with a writ of habeus corpus. The Powells slipped away. Norris successfully sued the men who helped derail his efforts for the value of the lost enslaved people. He was awarded more than $2800 in this well-covered case.
Participant: African American(s): David Powell; Lucy Powell; Powell, David; Powell, Lucy; Slave holder(s): John Norris; Norris, John D., Sr.
Location: Cassopolis (Mich.); South Bend (Ind.)
Related resource: Norris family; Powell family
Bibliographic citation: The South Bend fugitive slave case: involving the right to a writ of habeas corpus. New York: For sale at the Anti-slavery Office, 1851; "Important Decision," The Vermont Watchman, Montpelier, VT, 11 Jul 1850
Source: The South Bend Fugitive Case: Involving the Right to a Writ of Habeas Corpus; Important Decision

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