Transcript
Another Slave Stampede.––On Saturday week, six slaves, valued at $7,500, ran away from the vicinity of Parkersburg, and at last accounts had not been captured. The News says they were probably enabled to escape by "free negroes, who are fast getting to be an intolerable nuisance."
Citation
"Another Slave Stampede," Wheeling (VA) Daily Intelligencer, November 1, 1858, p. 3.
Related Escape / Stampede
Location of Stampede
Virginia
Coverage Type
Via Wire Report
Location of Coverage- City
Wheeling
Location of Coverage- State
Virginia
Contains Stampede Term
Yes