Beginning Date
Thursday, February 6, 1862
Starting Point
Freedom Seekers Mentioned By Name
Blunt (age about 41)
Slaveholders Mentioned By Name
Theodore Hunt // William Hunt
On Thursday, February 6, 1862, an enslaved man named Blunt, around 41-42 years old, escaped from a property five miles east of Hopewell Station in Washington county, Missouri. His enslavers, Theodore and William Hunt, advertised a $100 reward for Blunt's recapture.
Escape Attributes
Multiple Slaveholders
Runaway Arrest Ad
Escape Numbers
1
Outcome
Unknown
Notes on Sources
St. Louis Missouri Republican, February 27, 1862 (HMO)
