New Orleans (LA) Times-Picayune, "Slave Stampede," October 6, 1855

   Slave Stampede.––Twenty-one slave escaped from the vicinity of Chestertown, Md., last week aided by the agents of the underground railroad in the neighborhood. These escapades have become so frequent in Maryland that many of the owners in the Eastern division of the State are filled with distrust, and purpose sending Southward all those whom there is the least danger of losing in that way.