Beginning Date
Saturday, July 1, 1854
Starting Point
Freedom Seekers Mentioned By Name
Wilson (age 35)
Slaveholders Mentioned By Name
Crane or Talbot
Sometime during the summer of 1854, a 35-year-old enslaved man named Wilson escaped from Missouri, and was captured in New Orleans. There, he informed the jailor that he was held by an enslaver named "Mr. Crane, of the State of Missouri, or to Mr. Talbot."
Escape Attributes
Single Slaveholder
Arrests
Imprisonment
Escape Numbers
1
Outcome
Recapture/Death
Notes on Sources
NO Daily Picayune, September 9, 1854 (FOTM)
