Nashville (TN) Daily Patriot, "Stampede of Free Negroes," December 2, 1856

    STAMPEDE OF FREE NEGROES.--The free negroes at Murfreesboro, took a compulsory stampede from that place last week. Their depredations had become insufferable to the citizens, and their pernicious influence among the slave population made them a serious grievance. Self-preservation compelled the whites to stringent measures to get rid of them and a general stampede ensued during last week.