Seven enslaved people belonging to James C. Savage of Germantown escaped in on 23 May, Saturday evening, 1863. Fifteen others of the same neighborhood also escaped the same night. Maysville Weekly Bulliten, Maysville, KY; 28 May 1863, p 3
Category: Bracken-Fleming-Mason
FLEMING: Slave escapes, conductor caught.
One enslaved person assisted to freedom by conductor named Thompson. Thompson was caught and tried. Signal of Liberty, Ann Arbor, Mi; 17 Nov 1841
FLEMING: John Hardin escapes, reunites.
John Hardin, enslaved in Flemingsburg, escaped in 1840 to Canada. Returned to reunite with family in 1889. Freedland Tribune, Freedland, Pa; 28 Nov 1889
BRACKEN: Three slaves escape, one captured.
Three enslaved men escaped (ca. June, 1860) from slaveholders Reed and Pollack, near Germantown. Near Iberia, OH, slavehunters captured one, two escaped with help of FPOC and White citizens. Louisville Daily Courier, Louisville, KY; 25 Sp 1860; p 1 col 6
BRACKEN: Juliet Miles caught.
Juliet Miles, former enslaved, caught attempting to free her children and grandchildren and others (10 total) from slavery in Bracken and Mason Counties. New York Daily Tribune, Monday, March 28, 1859
BRACKEN: Eleven slaves escape.
23 Oct 1858; Eleven enslaved people escaped from near Germantown. No other details given, probably related to Juliet Miles case. Louisville Daily Courier, Louisville, KY; 28 October, 1858, p 1 col 5
BRACKEN: Four slaves escape.
April, four enslaved escape from Bracken (slaveholder-Jos. Harris), 4 from Union Co (slaveholder- Williamson), and 2 from Boone Co (slaveholder unk). Louisville Daily Courier, Louisville, Ky.; 20 April 1855
BRACKEN: Slave escape.
One enslaved man (unnamed), slaveholder Walter Linn. Freedom seeker was assisted by FPOC Henry and Isaac Rumsey- arrested, acquitted. Also involved two white men, Cripps (teacher) and James Cooper. Cripps bailed out of jail, Cooper didn’t. Louisville Daily Courier, Louisville, KY; Nov 22, 1853, p 2
BRACKEN: Escape and imprisonment.
Sept, 1852; one enslaved person, slaveholder Blackstone H. Rankins; assisted by FPOC Dr. Perkins. Perkins, 70, sentenced to penitentiary for 3 yrs. Louisville Daily Courier, Louisville, KY; Nov 22, 1853
BRACKEN: Ed Mofford Escape.
Unknown date–Ed Mofford, enslaved, assisted by abolitionist Betsy Hamilton (mother-in-law to John F. Gregg) in Augusta. Letter written by John F. Gregg to William J. Hutchings of Genoa, Ohio, August, 1929. Located in Berea College Special Collections Berea, Kentucky.
