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1857 Dover DE Stampede

DE
Beginning Date
Monday, August 31, 1857
Starting Point
Dover, DE
Route
Mid Points
Unknown
End Point
Unknown
Description

Late August 1857 saw a "general stampede" of enslaved people from Dover, Delaware. Although their names were not recorded, reports indicate that a number of enslaved people escaped from multiple slaveholders.

Escape Attributes
Escape Numbers
10
Escape Numbers Comment
General estimate
Outcomes
Outcome
Unknown
Sources
Related Documents
Easton (MD) Gazette, September 5, 1857

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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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