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1847 Kenton County KY Stampede

map of Kentucky, multi-colored by county
Beginning Date
Saturday, April 24, 1847
Starting Point
Kenton County, KY
Route
Mid Points
Unknown
End Point
Unknown
Escape Attributes
Escape Numbers
22
Outcomes
Outcome
Legal Action
Recapture/Death
Freedom
Sources
Related Documents
Cincinnati (OH) Commercial Tribune, "Grand Stampede," April 28, 1847
Zachariah Shugart Account Book, [May 1847]
New York (NY) Evening Post, "Grand Stampede," May 3, 1847
Providence (RI) Republican Herald, May 4, 1847
Covington (KY) Licking Valley Register, May 8, 1847
Hallowell (ME) Cultivator and Hallowell Gazette, "Grand Stampede," May 15, 1847
Danville (VT) North Star, "Grand Stampede," May 17, 1847
Prairieville (WI) American Freeman, "Grand Stampede," June 9, 1847
Covington (KY) Licking Valley Register, "Infamous!," September 3, 1847
Covington (KY) Licking Valley Register, September 17, 1847
Deposition of Dr. Evan J. Bonine, April 25, 1850
Settlement between Thornton Timberlake and Michigan Abolitionists, December 3, 1851
Battle Creek (MI) Sunday Morning Call, "Out of Bondage" August 3, 1884

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