Beginning Date
Sunday, June 15, 1862
Starting Point
Freedom Seekers Mentioned By Name
Jerry (age about 50)
Slaveholders Mentioned By Name
E.D. Parsons
Mid Points
End Point
A roughly 50-year-old enslaved man named Jerry escaped from slaveholder E.D. Parsons of Ray county. Jerry was recaptured at Clay county in early July 1862.
Escape Attributes
Single Slaveholder
Arrests
Escape Numbers
1
Outcome
Recapture/Death
Notes on Sources
St. Louis Missouri Republican, July 9, 1862 (HMO)