Beginning Date
Saturday, October 30, 1858
Starting Point
Mid Points
End Point

Around Saturday, October 30, 1858, six freedom seekers ("valued at $7,500") escaped from around Parkersburg, Virginia (now West Virginia) and remained at large.  Local newspapers blamed the "stampede," on "free negroes, who are fast getting to be an intolerable nuisance." 

Escape Numbers
6
Outcome
Recapture/Death