Beginning Date
Monday, August 15, 1853
Starting Point
Participants
Freedom Seekers Mentioned By Name
Sam (hired out)
Slaveholders Mentioned By Name
W.W. Mitchell // J.F. Riggs
Route
Mid Points
End Point
Description
On Monday, August 15, 1853, an enslaved man named Sam escaped from Fayette in Howard county, Missouri. Sam had been hired out to W.W. Mitchell in Fayette, where he had worked along the Missouri river, and his enslaver, J.F. Riggs, suspected that Sam "will probably endeavor to secret himself on board of some steamboat and make his way to St. Charles or St. Louis." Riggs advertised a $200 reward for his recapture.
Escape Attributes
Escape Attributes
Multiple Slaveholders
Waterways Escape
Runaway Arrest Ad
Escape Numbers
1
Outcomes
Outcome
Unknown
Sources
Notes on Sources
St. Louis Missouri Republican, August 18, 1853 (GB)
