1856--Several Escape Stories
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Title
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1856--Several Escape Stories
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Date
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Oct 1856
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Formatted date
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1856-10-01
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Event type
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Escape
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Description
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Twelve enslaved persons escaped from the Monroe family. A mother, 10 daughters and one son. Boone County is named, but is possible that the family was based further southeast considering their escape route description.
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Participant
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African American(s): Joseph Sanford; Georgiana Monroe; Anna; Willie; Joshua; Fanny Ellen Troy; Mr. Valentine; Mrs. Valentine
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Slave holder(s): Graves
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Other participant(s): H.; J.; T.
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Bibliographic citation
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"Hair-breadth Escapes from Slavery to Freedom," Documenting the American South, <http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/troy/troy.html>