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Graves, Edmund
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Graves, Bartlett O.
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1847--Cass County (Mich.) Raid
A large group of northern Kentucky slaveholders, slave catchers and their various assistants descended on Cass County, Michgan, raiding homes in pursuit of those who had escaped enslavement en mass several months before.
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1847--Elkhart County (Ind.) Raid
On their way to Cass County, Michigan to recapture a large group of formerly enslaved people, a group broke off from the main raiding party and diverted to neighboring Elkhart County, Indiana in search of Tom Harris, who had left northern Kentucky just before the majority of those the enslavers were pursuing.
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Kenton County Association for Securing Our Servants (Kenton County, Ky.)
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1847--Second of Two Group Escapes
Enslaved people from slaveholders in Boone County and Kenton County (Buckner, Graves, Cleveland, Lindsay, Stephens, Sanford, Scott, and Timberlake) escaped in two groups. The second was about 11 people in May 1847.
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The Kentucky Raid
The article describes the two mass escapes of enslaved people from Northern Kentucky that took place in April and May of 1847, and the unsuccessful attempt of the slaveholders to take the freedom seekers back the following October. That attempt, known at the time as the "Kentucky Raid" in the north and the "Cassopolis Outrage" in the south, starkly illustrate the sharp divide in viewpoints over enslavement that existed at that time.
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Northern Kentucky Heritage
A semiannual publication covering historical and genealogical topics for the ten northernmost counties in Kentucky.
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Negro Stealing
Appearing on page 3 of the newspaper, the short article is full of outrage for the transgressions against the rights of slaveholders.
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The Cassopolis Outrage--The Rights of Slavery
The article fills all of the first column of page 3, and runs onto the second column. Written by "A Citizen of Boone", the article lays out the rights of slaveholders, defending them in the face of what the article writer considers to be the unjust actions of abolitionists in aiding the enslaved to freedom.
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Infamous!
Appearing on page 2 of the newspaper, the short article is full of outrage for the "vile den" of "thieves" in southern Michigan who prevented local Kentucky enslavers from re-taking enslaved people.
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Finney, Benjamin
Benjamin's military records also include a copy of the bill of sale from when he was sold at five years of age. If his former enslaver was attempting to recover compensation for Benjamin's military service, this may have been part of the documentation.
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Finney, Leticia S.
Though Letty is clearly a free woman in the 1860 census, three of her children (Jane, Samuel and Benjamin) were enslaved. This implies that Letty was enslaved as well at one point, then later freed. Her daughter Julie appears to have been born free.
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Finney, Jordan
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Duvall, Catherine Elizabeth
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Taylor, Katie Lee
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Duvall, Bailey Anderson, Sr.
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Duvall family
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Colsher, Jesse
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Nashville (Tenn.)
Nashville originated as Fort Nashborough, named for Revolutionary War hero Francis Nash. It was constructed next to the pre-existing French trading post of French Lick, which was folded into the growing settlement. It was incorporated as a city in 1806, and became the county seat of Davidson County. It served as state capital 1812-1817, and became the capital again in 1826. It was named the permanent capital in 1843.
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Murfreesboro (Tenn.)
Designated as the seat of newly-formed Rutherford County, it was originally named Cannonsburgh for local politician, Newton Cannon. It was formally cahartered a few months later as Murfreesboro, in honor of Revolutionary War Colonel Hardy Murfree. As settlement moved west across Tennessee, the state capital moved to Murfreesboro from Knoxville in 1818. Eight years later the capital moved to Nashville.
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Memphis (Tenn.)
Founded by John Overton, James Winchester and Andrew Jackson on land purchased from the Chickasaw people, the city sits on high bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River. It was named for the ancient city in Egypt, and incorporated 19 Dec 1826.
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Lebanon (Tenn.)
The city's name is a reference to the biblical cedars of ancient Lebanon, due to the large number of cedar trees in the area.
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Knoxville (Tenn.)
Originally settled by Revolutionary War officer James White, who built the first fort on the site, it was chosen as the territorial capital by the new governor William Blount. Blount renamed the settlement Knoxville, in honor of his direct superior, the Revolutionary War general Henry Knox.
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Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Originally a Cherokee settlement, the area was used as an internment camp for indigenous people during the Trail of Tears. It was incorporated as a US city in 1839, the year after the deportation of the Cherokee. The name is believed to be derived either from a Muskogean term for a dewlling rock or a Creek term for a rock rising to a point, both generally assumed to be references to Lookout Mountain, which overlooks the city.