Sandusky (OH) Register, "Slaves Escaping From Kentucky," November 18, 1849

   SLAVES ESCAPING FROM KENTUCKY

   Nine slaves have within a short time attempted to escape from their masters in Hardin county, Ky. The Elizabethtown Register states that all of them were recaptured but two states that all of them were recaptured but two, of whom it had heard nothing since they ran away. One of those retaken was armed with a gun, and making opposition when the pursuers came up, was shot down, and horribly wounded.

   Last Monday eight slaves ran away from their masters in Mason county, and attempted to cross the Ohio in a body. The skiff in which they were, capsized, and four of them were drowned. The others called for help, and were rescued. Another slave, not of the party was convicted of assisting their escape, and sentenced to receive thirty-nine lashes––which the Maysville Eagle says is "the extent of the law" in respect to the commission of this offence by a slave. The same act would have sent a white man or a free colored man to the penitentiary.                Cincinnati Gazette.