Beginning Date
Sunday, September 26, 1852
Starting Point
Mid Points
End Point

On Sunday night, September 26, 1852, a group of 31 freedom seekers escaped from Augusta and Dover, Kentucky. Slaveholders pursued the freedom seekers to Ripley, Ohio, where they found some of the escapees' belongings and managed to recapture three. But African American residents of Ripley threatened to resist the slaveholders' efforts with violence if necessary, and local authorities refused to cooperate with the white Kentuckians. Despite slaveholders' repeated efforts, it appears most of the 31 freedom seekers managed to successfully elude their enslavers. 

Escape Numbers
31
Outcome
Violence
Recapture/Death
Freedom
Mixed