Beginning Date
Thursday, November 1, 1855
Starting Point
Sometime in November 1855, a group of freedom seekers escaped from Union in Monroe county, Virginia. The number of runaways was not specified, nor were their names recorded, but reports did specify that the slaveholder, J.L. Hutchinson, lost $2,000 in human "property."
Escape Numbers
4
Escape Numbers Comment
Estimated; reports state that a slaveholder lost $2,000 "by a stampede of some slaves"
Outcome
Freedom