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   SLAVE STAMPEDE FROM VIRGINIA.––The Richmond South of Nov. 11th, says that on Sunday night, a family of negroes belonging to Geo. W. Fairfax of Preston County, and consisting of father and mother and five children, took three horses belonging to their master, and made good their escape into Pennsylvania. They were pursued on the next day, and overtaken about two miles from Uniontown, when the negroes made desperate resistance, fighting with knives, hatchets, &c., but were finally captured and confined in jail in Morgantown.

Citation

"Slave Stampede From Virginia," St. Johnsbury (VT) Caledonian, November 21, 1857, p. 2

Related Escape / Stampede
Location of Stampede
Virginia
Coverage Type
Via Wire Report
Location of Coverage- City
St. Johnsbury
Location of Coverage- State
Vermont
Contains Stampede Term
Yes