Beginning Date
Saturday, July 31, 1858
Starting Point
Sometime in late July or early August 1858, there was a reported "stampede" from Virginia counties along the Maryland border that resulted in at least two of the freedom seekers getting arrested in Cumberland, Maryland and returned to their slaveholders.
Escape Numbers
10
Escape Numbers Comment
General estimate; a "stampede among the negroes" was reported, with two captured in Cumberland, Maryland.
Outcome
Recapture/Death
Mixed
Unknown