Hepburn, Samuel

Life Span
to
Full name
Samuel Hepburn
Place of Birth
Williamsport, PA
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Estimated
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
10
Family
Andrew D. Hepburn (father), Martha Huston Hepburn (mother), Rebecca Williamson (wife), Andrew Douza Hepburn (son), Samuel Hepburn (son)
Occupation
Attorney or Judge
Date Event
The McClintock Riot takes place in Carlisle, Pennsylvania
The McClintock Riot trial is held in Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Underground Railroad
Date Title
Entry by John McClintock, June 2, 1847
New York Commercial Advertiser, "Riot at Carlisle," June 5, 1847
New York Tribune, "Riot at Carlisle," June 7, 1847
Carlisle (PA) Herald, "Tumult and Riot," June 9, 1847
Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, "Abolitionism," June 10, 1847
Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, "Alarming Riot," June 10, 1847
New York Tribune, "The Carlisle Riot," June 12, 1847
John Price Durbin to Robert Emory, June 12, 1847
Providence (RI) Manufacturers and Farmers Journal, "The Slave Riot at Carlisle, Pa.,” June 14, 1847
Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, “Judge Hepburn’s Charge,” September 16, 1847
Carlisle (PA) Herald, “Judge Hepburn’s Protest,” September 8, 1847
Carlisle (PA) Herald, "Sentence of the Rioters," September 8, 1847
Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, “What the Hagerstown Papers Say,” September 9, 1847
Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, “A Slave Case,” November 30, 1848
(Bellows Falls) Vermont Chronicle, “Interesting Case,” December 6, 1848
Natchez (MS) Courier, “Important Slave Case,” December 12, 1848
Boston (MA) Courier, “Runaway Slave Decision,” June 25, 1849
Rochester (NY) Frederick Douglass’ Paper, “The Kauffman Slave Case,” January 14, 1853
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