Beginning Date
Tuesday, April 18, 1854
Starting Point
Route
Mid Points
End Point
Description
On Tuesday, April 18, 1854, an enslaved man, unnamed, escaped from St. Joseph, and was pursued and recaptured by a white Missourian some distance to the north at Savannah, Missouri. The escapee was reportedly in "an emigrants wagon," and the owner of the wagon claimed "that he took him up as a runaway and intended putting him in Andrew County Jail."
Escape Attributes
Escape Attributes
Single Slaveholder
Wagon / Horseback Escape
UGRR Involvement
Arrests
Imprisonment
Escape Numbers
1
Outcomes
Outcome
Recapture/Death
Sources
Notes on Sources
Boonville Weekly Courier, May 6, 1854 (HMO)