A group of six to seven enslaved people (all but one of whom were men) escaped from farms near Ghent, Kentucky on horseback on Friday night, July 11, 1862. Three miles east of Madison, Indiana, the freedom seekers left their horses to cross the Ohio river by skiff. Two local Black men by the surname of Harris guided the freedom seekers, until slave catchers overtook them around 9pm on Saturday night, July 12. In the "brisk fight" that followed, slave catchers recaptured the one woman in the party, while the Harrises and the freedom seeking men escaped.
Escape Numbers
7
Escape Numbers Comment
6-7
Outcome
Violence
Recapture/Death
Freedom
Mixed