Richmond (VA) Dispatch, "Slave Stampede," August 22, 1856

    Source citation
    "Slave Stampede," Richmond (VA) Dispatch, August 22, 1856, p. 4: 1.
    Newspaper: Publication
    Richmond Daily Dispatch
    Newspaper: Headline
    Slave Stampede
    Newspaper: Page(s)
    4
    Newspaper: Column
    1
    Type
    Newspaper
    Date Certainty
    Exact
    Transcriber
    Zak Rosenberg, Dickinson College
    Transcription date
    The following text is presented here in complete form, as it originally appeared in print.  Spelling and other typographical errors have been preserved as in the original.

    SLAVE STAMPEDE-On Sunday night, 10th instant, seven slaves, the property of Messrs. Thos. Tavenner, D.C. Lovett and Albert Logan, made their escape from the vicinity of Parkersburg, Va., on the "underground railroad."

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