Chicago (IL) Tribune, "Negro Stampede," March 11, 1856

    Here is an item from the Louisville Courier of March 1st, which shows how Kentucky negroes are going:

    NEGRO STAMPEDE.--We noticed yesterday a string of six furniture cars full of negroes, amounting to 120 large and small, all destined for New Orleans on the Ben Franklin. They were from one of the border counties of this State.