between 1850-1860--Two Young Women Escape

Title: between 1850-1860--Two Young Women Escape
Formatted date: 1855-01-01
Before: 1860
After: 1850
Event type: Escape
Description: Two young women, described as "mulatto" escaped from a farmer by the name of Lodge. The Lodge family was closely associated with the Piatt and Ryle families, so the women may have come from these slaveholders . The escape may have been facilitated by UGRR station master Samuel Barkshire (a free man of color) in the Rising Sun circa 1850s escape.
Participant: Other participant(s): Samuel Barkshire; Barkshire, Samuel
Location: Boone County (Ky.); Rising Sun (Ind.)
Related resource: Lodge family
Bibliographic citation: "Underground Railroad: More Western Memories. Two Young Women Escape," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, NY, 24 May 1887
Source: Underground Railroad: More Western Memories. Two Young Women Escape

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