Beginning Date
Sunday, June 15, 1862
Starting Point
Participants
Freedom Seekers Mentioned By Name
Harrison
Slaveholders Mentioned By Name
Samuel Hill
Route
Mid Points
End Point
Description
An enslaved man named Harrison escaped from slaveholder Samuel Hill (he alternatively claimed he was held by Anderson Guthrie and John Mitchel) in St. Joseph, Missouri, and was recaptured in Clay county in early July 1862.
Escape Attributes
Escape Attributes
Multiple Slaveholders
Arrests
Escape Numbers
1
Outcomes
Outcome
Recapture/Death
Sources
Notes on Sources
St. Louis Missouri Republican, July 9, 1862 (HMO)
