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1848 Jack Holliday Escape

MO
Beginning Date
Tuesday, October 3, 1848
Starting Point
St. Louis, MO
Route
Mid Points
Unknown
End Point
Unknown
Description

On Tuesday, October 3, 1848, a 30-year-old enslaved man named Jack Holliday escaped from slaveholder W.G. Clark's sawmill north of St. Louis. Clark advertised a $150 reward for Holliday's recapture. 

Escape Attributes
Escape Numbers
1
Outcomes
Outcome
Unknown
Sources
Notes on Sources

St. Louis MO Republican, October 12, 1848 (GB)

Images

1848 Runaway Ad --Jack Holliday

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Contact

Director: Matthew Pinsker
House Divided Project
PO Box 1773 / 61 N. West Street
Dickinson College
Carlisle, PA 17013
Email: hdivided@dickinson.edu
Tel: 717-245-1865

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