Cleveland (OH) Weekly Plain Dealer, "Unprecedented Stampede of Slaves," December 5, 1855

UNPRECEDENTED STAMPEDE OF SLAVES  – The Norfolk Argus stated that a party of about eighteen slaves, of both sexes, left Norfolk and Portsmouth last week for some Northern port about a dozen are owned in Norfolk, and the balance on the other side of the river.  They are mostly young, and some of them valuable mechanics, valued at from $1,500 to $2,000 each.