Fugitive Slaves
Item
- Title
- Fugitive Slaves
- Is part of
- Southerner (Tarboro, N.C.), 1852-1867; The
- Publisher
- Geo. Howard, Jr.
- Place
- Edgecomb, NC
- Date
- 17 Oct 1857
- Language
- English
- Temporal coverage
- 1852-1867
- Description
- From the article, "Seventeen slaves escaped across the Ohio river lately, from Washington, Ky., and on being pursued one desperate fellow made fight. He was retaken, but only after he had dangerously wounded two of his captors. The rest of the fugitives escaped."
- Accessed online at ChroniclingAmerica.loc.gov
Linked resources
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1857--Seventeen Slaves Escape | Event |