Transcript

   A dispatch from Quincy, Ill., received at St. Louis on the 5th, says:––Fifty negroes, of all ages and both sexes, with teams, started, from the Missouri side the night before. A 2d dispatch says that the slaves who stampeded from Iowa Co., had been overpowered, after a desperate resistance, with the loss of their leader, were captured. 

Citation

Chicago (IL) Western Citizen, November 13, 1849

Related Escape / Stampede
Location of Stampede
Missouri
Coverage Type
Original
Location of Coverage- City
Chicago
Location of Coverage- State
Illinois
Contains Stampede Term
No