Powell, David

Title: Powell, David
Gender: Male
Biography: David and Lucy Powell and their 4 children escaped in October, 1847 from Norris in Petersburg, KY. 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 habeas 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.
Member: Powell family
Birth date: circa 1795
Spouse(s): Powell, Lucy
Child(ren): Powell, Lewis; Powell, Samuel; Powell, George; Powell, James
Participant in: 1847--David and Lucy Powell
Relationship: Slaveholder(s): Norris, John; Norris, John D., Sr.
Bibliographic citation(s): "Important Decision," The Vermont Watchman, Montpelier, VT, 11 Jul 1850
Source(s): The South Bend Fugitive Case: Involving the Right to a Writ of Habeas Corpus; Important Decision

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