1856--Sidney Family Escape

Title: 1856--Sidney Family Escape
Date: 1856
Formatted date: 1856-01-01
Event type: Escape
Description: The escape of the family of Allen Sidney, enslaved man from MS, then TN, worked on riverboat owned by his slaveholder. Assisted bythe abolitionist Tom Dorm, Sidney helped to free his wife, Sarah (whom he met and married in KY), and their three children. One of the children (“Riller”) was to be sold for debts. Wilber Siebert Collection. Ohio, Hamilton County.
Participant: African American(s): Allen Sidney; Sarah; Riller; Other participant(s): Tom Dorm
Location: Kenton County (Ky.); Tennessee; Mississippi
Related resource: Dorm family; Sidney family
Bibliographic citation: "Interview with Deacon Sidney Allen," Wilber Siebert Collection, Windsor, Ont., 1894
Source: Interview with Deacon Sidney Allen