Runaway Slaves

    Source citation
    "Article 4-No Title," Memphis Appeal, 24 February 1856, p. 2.
    Newspaper: Publication
    Memphis (TN) Appeal
    Newspaper: Headline
    Article 4-No Title
    Newspaper: Page(s)
    2
    Type
    Newspaper
    Date Certainty
    Exact
    Transcriber
    Zak Rosenberg
    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.
    Six slaves, three men, two women, and a child, belonging to Mr. Wilburne, of Kenton county, Ky., made their escape from bondage night before last. They crossed the ice in this State a short distance below the Fifth Street Ferry.-Cin. Com. 14th.
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