Beginning Date
Sunday, November 26, 1854
Starting Point
Mid Points
End Point
Around Sunday, November 26, 1854, four enslaved people escaped from St. Charles, apparently in coordination with two near-simultaneous group escapes from Ste. Genevieve and St. Louis (described as a second "stampede" from St. Louis in just over one month). They reached Chicago in early December, and gained their freedom following a botched rendition attempt under the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law.
Escape Attributes
Multiple Slaveholders
Serial Escapes
Waterways Escape
Runaway Arrest Ad
UGRR Involvement
Violence
Court Hearing
Escape Numbers
4
Escape Numbers Comment
Also counted as part of the 1854 St. Louis Stampedes
Outcome
Freedom
Notes on Sources
Blackett, The Captive's Quest, 145; St. Louis Missouri Democrat, November 30, 1854 (NP); St. Louis Missouri Republican, December 10, 1854 (HMO)