1849--Lucy Ann Attempts Escape

Title: 1849--Lucy Ann Attempts Escape
Date: 1849
Formatted date: 1849-01-01
Event type: Escape
Description: After an unsuccessful escape attempt ca. 1849, the daughter of Jennie Stephens and John "Felix" White was first sold to Webb Ross of Georgetown, KY with her mother and siblings, and then to an unnamed slaveholder in Shelbyville, KY. Jane placed two ads (in 1867 and 1885) looking for Lucy Ann, the later ad says she was last known to be in Louisville, KY.
Participant: African American(s): Lucy Ann; White, Lucy Ann; Slave holder(s): Stephens, Benjamin Jr.; Stephens, Benjamin L., Jr.; Other participant(s): Ross, Webb; Ross, Webb
Location: Georgetown (Ky.); Shelbyville (Ky.); Louisville (Ky.)
Related resource: Stephens family; Ross family
Bibliographic citation: "Jenny (White) Carter Information Wanted Ad," The Christian Recorder, Philadelphia, PA, 27 Apr 1867; "D. Carter, Information Wanted Ads," The Christian Recorder, Philadelphia, PA, 2 Apr 1885
Source: Jenny (White) Carter Information Wanted Ad; D. Carter, Information Wanted Ad

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Broadwell, Marquis De La Fayette	Person
Keene, Robert	Person
Miller, John A.	Person
Ray, Wright	Person
Ross, Webb	Person
Stephens, Benjamin L., Jr.	Person
Stephens, Jane	Person
White, Emily Francis	Person
White, George W.	Person
White, John "Felix"	Person
White, Lucy Ann	Person
White, Oscar F.	Person
White, Sisley	Person