Beginning Date
Saturday, October 28, 1848
Starting Point
Throughout late October 1848, multiple "stampedes" occurred from near Maysville, Kentucky. One "stampede" saw "some four or five" enslaved people escape, evidently heading for Ripley, Ohio, and "several others" were also missing. Meanwhile, three enslaved people from neighboring Montgomery county were captured near Ripley before they were able to cross the Ohio river.
Escape Numbers
10
Escape Numbers Comment
Three from one slaveholder; several from another; more from Maysville
Outcome
Unknown
Notes on Sources
"Runaway Slaves!," Huntsville (AL) Democrat, November 15, 1848, p. 3