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SLAVE STAMPEDES.––On our fourth page will be found an account from one of our Washington correspondents, of a slave stampede in Washington, accompanied by quite a serious fight between the runaways and their captors, and the abolition agent, who had them in charge. There will also be found in our local column an account of the capture of another party of runaways at Shrewsbury, Pa.

Citation

"Slave Stampedes," Baltimore (MD) Sun, August 10, 1850, p. 2.

Related Escape / Stampede
Location of Stampede
District of Columbia
Coverage Type
Original
Location of Coverage- City
Baltimore
Location of Coverage- State
Maryland
Contains Stampede Term
Yes