Beginning Date
Tuesday, February 1, 1853
Starting Point
Description
An unidentified enslaved man escaped from a St. Louis jail and traversed the Mississippi by steamboat, but his location was given up by a free African American, and Missouri slave catchers recaptured him.
Escape Attributes
Escape Attributes
Waterways Escape
Escape Numbers
1
Outcomes
Outcome
Recapture/Death
Sources
Notes on Sources
Dexter, Bondage in Egypt, 286