1854--Six Slaves Escape to Ohio

Title: 1854--Six Slaves Escape to Ohio
Date: 1854
Formatted date: 1854-01-01
Event type: Escape
Description: Six enslaved people owned by slaveholder Beall have escaped Covington by crossing into Newport first, then in to Ohio. They were described as “two negro women, one mulatto girl, one negro man, and two black boys.”
Participant: Slave holder(s): Beall, unknown
Location: Covington (Ky.); Newport (Ky.); Ohio
Related resource: Beall family
Bibliographic citation: "Six Slaves Escape to Ohio," The Liberator. Boston, MA, 4 Aug 1854
Source: Six Slaves Escape To Ohio