Beginning Date
Friday, July 25, 1856
Starting Point
Description
On Friday night, July 25, 1856, an enslaved man and an enslaved woman, who local newspapers did not identify by name, escaped from slaveholder John Muellberger's farm. The St. Louis Democrat reported that the two freedom seekers had reached Illinois.
Escape Attributes
Escape Numbers
2
Outcomes
Outcome
Unknown
Sources
Notes on Sources
"Runnaway Slaves," St. Louis (MO) Democrat, July 29, 1856