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   We learn that the first arrest of a runaway slave under the new Fugitive Slave Bill was recently made in New York. He was brought home. He belonged to Baltimore, and had been gone two years. 

   We learn also that there is a general stampede of runaway negroes form New York and Pennsylvania. They are cutting off for Canada.––One hundred and forty left Pittsburg at one time. 

Citation

"We learn that the first arrest of a runaway...," Tuskegee (AL) Republican, October 10, 1850, p. 2.

Related Escape / Stampede
Location of Stampede
Pennsylvania
Coverage Type
Original
Contains Stampede Term
Yes