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 STAMPEDE OF SLAVES––FATAL DUEL ON ACCOUNT OF A YOUNG LADY.

   CINCINNATI, Sept. 6––Nine slaves, who absconded from Kentucky on Sunday, are, it is believed, concealed in this place. 

   A young man named Short, a resident of this city, was killed in a duel by a lawyer named Peacock, on Monday. The quarrel originated in some difficulty about a girl whom Short was going to marry. 

Citation

"Stampede of Slaves," Richmond (VA) Dispatch, September 7, 1854, p. 3

Related Escape / Stampede
Location of Stampede
Kentucky
Coverage Type
Via Wire Report
Location of Coverage- City
Richmond
Location of Coverage- State
Virginia
Contains Stampede Term
Yes