 Daily Cincinnati Republican and Commercial Register, September 25, 1835 |
 The Western Spy, December 28, 1807 |
 Cincinnati Advertiser and Ohio Phoenix, April 11, 1835 |
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 The Western Spy, November 7, 1812 |
 The Western Spy, October 6, 1815 |
 Cincinnati Daily Commercial, September 13, 1859 |
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| Ten Newport slaves escape in 1853, here. (pdf) | “Mrs. General Taylor loses three slaves to the underground railroad, here. Gen. Taylor loses at least one, here. |
| The Boone County Library has a web site detailing known slave escapes from Northern Kentucky. The Campbell only list is here. | |
| Allen Sidney escapes. | Yet more Newport slaves escape, here. |
| The sad story of Polly West, here. | Ten slaves make it to Canada. |
| Twelve escaped, enslaved, Campbell Countians captured in Huron County in 1843. | |
| Chancellor Livingston learns that Newport is not exactly where a free man wants to be: story here. | Rybon Mayo may or may not have been a slave escaped from Campbell County. More here. |
| Slavery in 1835 Newport, here. | Slavery, in 1841 Newport, here. |
| Kentucky and Ohio Governor's differ and how to treat an escaped Newport slave, here. | |
| Elijah Fields | |
| When the Cincinnati judge rules you a free Negro, you get taken to a Newport judge. Story here. | Newport makes strong attempt to rid the city of free Negroes, here. |
“On Tuesday morning, Dec. 28th, a runaway negro, the property of Mr. Stark, of Campbell county, Kentucky, was captured in attempting to cross the Ohio, below Ludlow.” Sacramento Daily Union, January 26, 1859 |
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| An ugly slavery scene from Newport, in 1851, is here. | Slave kidnappers in Campbell County, here. |
 Newport man expounds on the virtues of sending African Americans back to Africa. |
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In 1853, a free born Black woman, Henrietta Wood, is lured into Kentucky and made a slave by the Sheriff, who sells her, literally, down the river. In 1878 she returns. And sues. And wins. Read it here. |
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| The trial of Newport's Frank in Cincinnati. |
| “A Mr. Collier, of Alexandria, Ky., was suspected of inducing a slave to run off. The inhabitants, like sensible people, instead of tarring and feathering him, met - had the value of his property appraised by a sworn auctioneer, raised the money, handed the amount to the suspected gentleman, and told him to depart, and never to visit those 'diggings' again. He did as was bid.” Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, May 12, 1860 |
| “HOW FREE NEGROES ARE TREATED IN KENTUCKY -- A few days ago JAMES WAGGONER, a free negro, was kidnapped and carried over from Ohio into Kentucky. He finally escaped from his captors, but was imprisoned in Newport. Finally, he managed, to have his case brought before the Court, but it was decided that he had no right to his liberty, although, it was proved that he was born in Ohio, of free parents. He was immediately put into a buggy and driven off to Alexandria, Ky. An injunction was immediately taken out and sent in pursuit of the fugitives, but before the party in change of the negro had been in Alexandria ten minutes they had sold him to one Dr. FOSTER, for $700. Dr. FOSTER has since published a card in the Cincinnati papers, stating that he believed the negro to be a fugitive from Slavery, and that he is willing to sell him for what he gave for him.” New York Times, June 14, 1860 |
| “Six years ago a widow lady named Shaw, living near Alexandria, Kentucky, sold a Negro named Cato to Benj. Bell and B. Tucker, of Alexandria, on condition that he should be liberated in 1856. When the time came round he was accordingly set free, and went with his free papers to Cincinnati, but not finding work, returned to Alexandria, and worked for Bell, his old master. On Thursday last Bell took him with him to Lexington, to assist in driving cattle, and after selling the cattle, sold Cato to the Negro dealer for $900, and had him immediately shipped down south.” - New York Times, August 2, 1856 |
