Richmond (VA) Daily Dispatch, "Slave Stampede," November 23, 1855

   SLAVE STAMPEDE.--The Norfolk Argus states that last week about eighteen negroes escaped from that city and Portsmouth. They were all young, and some of them skilful mechanics, valued at $2,000 each. Six were from Portsmouth. It is supposed that they left in some oyster vessel, loading perhaps in Tanner's creek, and bound for New York or some other Northern port.