Farnum, John Egbert

Life Span
to
Full name
John Egbert Farnum
Place of Birth
New Jersey
Burial Place
Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
Occupation
Military
Businessman
Relation to Slavery
Other
Other Relation to Slavery
Indicted officer of the slave ship "Wanderer" 1860
Government
Grant Administration (1869-77)
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
Date Event
- In Charleston, South Carolina, sympathizers briefly rescue indicted slave ship officer from jail
Purser of slave ship Wanderer goes on trial in Charleston, South Carolina for piracy
In Charleston, South Carolina, Charles Lamar and others are fined $250 for obstructing federal justice
In Charleston, South Carolina, all charges in the Wanderer slave ship case are dropped
Slavery
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