Beginning Date
Saturday, August 25, 1860
Starting Point
Freedom Seekers Mentioned By Name
Thornton (age 24) // Westley (age 17) --both men "fiddlers and literate"
Slaveholders Mentioned By Name
John Simpson
On Saturday evening, August 25, 1860, two enslaved men, 24-year-old Thornton and 17-year-old Westley, escaped from Cuba in Crawford county, Missouri. Both were fiddlers and literate, and their enslaver, John Simpson, offered an $800 reward for their recapture.
Escape Attributes
Single Slaveholder
Runaway Arrest Ad
Escape Numbers
2
Outcome
Unknown
Notes on Sources
St. Louis Missouri Republican, August 29, 1860 (HMO)
