Beginning Date
Wednesday, May 11, 1853
Starting Point
Mid Points
End Point
In mid-May 1853, a group of 15 enslaved people escaped in a "stampede" from Ray county, Missouri, bound for Iowa. "Several" were recaptured in Grundy county, but "the larger number" successfully escaped.
Escape Attributes
Multiple Slaveholders
Single Group Escape
Violence
Arrests
Escape Numbers
15
Outcome
Mixed
Notes on Sources
Blackett, The Captive's Quest, 139-140; Boston Liberator, June 10, 1853 (19US)