Beginning Date
Wednesday, May 18, 1853
Starting Point
Participants
Slaveholders Mentioned By Name
R. Meek
Route
Mid Points
End Point
Description
Three enslaved people escaped from slaveholder R. Meek in Weston, Missouri. A report noted that the freedom seekers were "making for the Plains." However, two were later recaptured. Contemporary reports described the escape of these three bond people as part of a wave of recent "slave stampedes" unsettling the institution throughout western Missouri.
Escape Attributes
Escape Attributes
Single Slaveholder
Serial Escapes
Runaway Arrest Ad
Arrests
Escape Numbers
3
Outcomes
Outcome
Mixed
Sources
Notes on Sources
Boston (MA) Liberator, "Slave Stampedes," June 10, 1853
Rochester (NY) Frederick Douglass' Paper, "Negro Stampede," June 24, 1853
See also Blackett, The Captive's Quest, 139-140; Boston Liberator, June 10, 1853 (19US)