Beginning Date
Sunday, November 3, 1861
Starting Point
On Sunday night, November 3, 1861, there was a mass escape "of a party of some forty negroes or more" from several different slaveholders around White Point in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Newspapers in the state blamed "military authorities" for not doing more to protect slave property.
Escape Numbers
40
Escape Numbers Comment
"some forty negroes or more"
Outcome
Unknown