Beginning Date
Tuesday, May 15, 1855
Starting Point
Freedom Seekers Mentioned By Name
Don (age 23) // Hal (age 30) // Bill (age 28) // Randall (age 40)
Slaveholders Mentioned By Name
Nathan Corder
Around mid-May 1855, four enslaved people, 23-year-old Don, 30-year-old Hal, 28-year-old Bill, and 40-year-old Randall, escaped from near Lexington, Missouri. Their enslaver, Nathan Corder, advertised a $400 reward for their recapture.
Escape Attributes
Single Slaveholder
Runaway Arrest Ad
Escape Numbers
4
Outcome
Unknown
Notes on Sources
St. Louis Missouri Republican, May 27, 1855 (GB)
