Beginning Date
Sunday, June 15, 1862
Starting Point
Participants
Freedom Seekers Mentioned By Name
Jerry (age about 50)
Slaveholders Mentioned By Name
E.D. Parsons
Route
Mid Points
End Point
Description
A roughly 50-year-old enslaved man named Jerry escaped from slaveholder E.D. Parsons of Ray county. Jerry was recaptured at Clay county in early July 1862.
Escape Attributes
Escape Attributes
Single Slaveholder
Arrests
Escape Numbers
1
Outcomes
Outcome
Recapture/Death
Sources
Notes on Sources
St. Louis Missouri Republican, July 9, 1862 (HMO)