1850--Cornelius Thornton Caught
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Title
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1850--Cornelius Thornton Caught
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Date
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8 Jul 1850
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Formatted date
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1850-07-08
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Event type
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Escape
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Description
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A freedom seeker named Cornelius Thornton born ca. 1825, was caught and detained in St. Louis, MO, on July 8, 1850. An advertisement names his slave holder as Richard Southgate, of Cincinnati. Southgate had several free people of color living with him in 1840, but came from a Kentucky slaveholding family, to whom he could have leased or given Cornelius before his escape.
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Participant
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African American(s): Cornelius Thornton
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Slave holder(s): Richard Southgate
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Southgate, Richard
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Bibliographic citation
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"Cornelius Thornton Caught," Western Union, Hannibal, MO, 21 Nov 1850
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