1809--UGRR Help in Cincinnati

Title: 1809--UGRR Help in Cincinnati
Date: 26 Aug 1809
Formatted date: 1809-08-26
Event type: Escape
Description: On August 26th, 1809, a man referred to as "Sam Killis" was captured in Cincinnati, where he was living among free African Americans, and held as a runaway. He is accused in the newspaper of stealing the pass of "Samuel Sanders" a free man also living in Cincinnati. Sanders may have been enslaved in Campbell, Boone or Gallatin Counties before freedom. Was Sam Sanders helping him or duped by him? Cincinnati marshal Robert Blair placed the ad but gave no indication where he thought Killis had escaped from.
Participant: African American(s): Sam Killis; Other participant(s): Samuel Sanders (Freed Slave); Robert Blair (Cincinnati Marshall)
Location: Cincinnati (Ohio)
Bibliographic citation: "Underground Rail Road Help in Cincinnati ," Liberty Hall, Cincinnati, OH, 13 Sep 1809
Source: Underground Rail Road Help in Cincinnati