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        Stampede of Negroes from Lewis County, Missouri. 

   Last Monday night ten negroes, five males and five females, ran off from Lagrange, Lewis county, in this State.––They belonged to seven different persons, and being valuable slaves, were worth not less than $10,000. They stole a flat-boat with which they crossed to the Illinois shore, with the help, no doubt, of Abolitionists. A reward of $2,650 is offered for their arrest. On Friday night another negro belonging to Capt. Lillard, of the same place, effected his escape, making eleven in all.––St. Louis News. 

Citation

"Stampede of Negroes from Lewis County, Missouri," Jackson, MS Semi-Weekly Jacksonian, November 23, 1859

Related Escape / Stampede
Location of Stampede
Missouri
Coverage Type
Duplicate
Location of Coverage- City
Jackson
Location of Coverage- State
Mississippi
Contains Stampede Term
Yes