1803 - Fayette Co., The escape of John and friend
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Title
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1803 - Fayette Co., The escape of John and friend
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Date
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1803
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Formatted date
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1803
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Event type
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Escape
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Description
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Sometime in the late summer, 1803, 30-yr-old John escaped enslaver Benjamin Green, who lived near Bryan's Station. John was about 5'10" tall and had a small scar over one eye. He was int the company of another freedom seeker, a woman held by Benjamin Howard, also of Fayette County. Green offered a reward of $20 for John's return.
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Bibliographic citation
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Western Spy and Hamilton Gazette, Cincinnati, Oh., Aug. 31, 1803