1807 - Fayette Co., Nick escapes with his family
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1807 - Fayette Co., Nick escapes with his family
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1807
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1807
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Description
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In late-summer, 1807, a freedom seeker named Nick escaped Fayette County enslaver Jacob Sageser. Nick was travelling with a white woman and "mulatto" child, likely his family. He was described as about six feet tall and had a "blemish in his right eye. Nick could read and write and it was suspected that he would have written himself a pass.
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Kentucky Gazette, Lexington, Ky., Oct 17, 1807
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