Beginning Date
Thursday, July 15, 1852
Starting Point
Freedom Seekers Mentioned By Name
Barry
Slaveholders Mentioned By Name
John J. Reese // William Spratt
Two enslaved people, Barry, held by slaveholder William Spratt, and an unnamed enslaved person held by John J. Reese, were dressed as Indians and helped to escape by two New England-born white emigrants, Samuel and Miriam Clements. The group was overtaken, the freedom seekers re-enslaved and the Clements convicted to two years in the Missouri penitentiary
Escape Attributes
Multiple Slaveholders
Single Group Escape
UGRR Involvement
Arrests
Court Hearing
Imprisonment
Escape Numbers
2
Outcome
Recapture/Death
Notes on Sources
Blackett, The Captive's Quest, 146