Geofery and Esther

Reward offered for Geofery and Esther, who had been enslaved in Boone County by Corneilus Hughes, and presumably sold south. They escaped in January, and were still being sought in June. Would they have tried to contact family in Boone County on their way north? Mississippi Free Trader (Natchez, Mississippi) · Fri, Jun 23, 1837 · Page 3