Beginning Date
Saturday, September 1, 1849
Starting Point
Around the beginning of September 1849, a group of freedom seekers, heavily armed "with bowie-knives, dirks, &c.," fled from Jefferson county, Virginia, heading north towards Pennsylvania. Two miles north of Wolfsville, Maryland, the group was overtaken by slave catchers. A violent confrontation ensued, and it "required a strong force" to re-enslave the freedom seekers.
Escape Numbers
10
Escape Numbers Comment
numbers unspecified
Outcome
Violence
Recapture/Death