Baton Rouge (LA) Daily Advocate, "Slave Stampede," January 31, 1856

                                                                                      Slave Stampede. 

    CINCINNATI, Jan. 28. – A regular stampede of slaves occurred last night from the border counties of Kentucky, and it was ascertained to-day that several of them were secreted in this city. When the officers approached the house where they were concealed, they were fired upon from the windows, by which two or three spectators were slightly wounded. A slave woman finding escape impossible killed one of her children by cutting its throat, and severely wounded two others. Six slaves were arrested, and it was through six escaped.