unknown, Jim [25]
Item
- Title
- unknown, Jim [25]
- Gender
- Male
- Biography
- On Mar. 7, 1808, 26-yr-old Jim and 20-yr-old Tom (also known as "Didmus") escaped from Woodford County enslaver, Lewis Castleman. It was suspected they had obtained a pass. Jim was described as a "low, heavy-made man" and had six fingers on his left hand. Jim also acted as a preacher and was a man of "much assurance."
- Birth information
- circa 1782
- Participant in
- 1808 - Woodford Co., Preacher Jim and Tom take flight
- Relationship
- Enslaver: Castleman, Lewis
- Source(s)
- Newspapers.com
- Item sets
- AA--Enslaved--Kentucky--Woodford County