Cincinnati Daily Gazette, January 30, 1838

 

Indianapolis Sentinel, August 25, 1855

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The most famous (infamous?) woman in the history of Trimble County? Easy. Delia Webster.
Another look at Delia, here, (pdf), and a contemporary account here.	Delia writes a letter defending herself.
Delia the munificent.	Rebel barbarians, 1866.
Delia's associate Rev. Norris Day, who also had legal issues.	There's a 64 page pdf covering Delia's Lexington trial for aiding slaves.
A Cleveland newspaper weighs in on Delia and Norris Day.

You can read all 207 pages of the Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb,  An American Slave, Written by Himself, at this site.  Bibb has a Wikipedia page here.

 

“The Louisville Courier of a recent date says—'Three negroes, belonging to the farm of R. Wickliffe, Trimble county , Ky., made their escape last week. They were pursued and discovered in a “briar patch” on a hill side, on the opposite side of the river, above Madison; but being armed and showing fight—even firing upon the party who came to capture them—they were not taken. The probability is that, by the underground railroad, they have reached Canada before this time.” THE LIBERATOR. American Anti-Slavery Society. September 9, 1853
Noted abolitionist Rev. Elijah Anderson (external link) sent to prison to 8 years for his actions. Here.	The " very artful" slave Peter Hood makes an escape from the Corn Creek area in 1819, here.
“A band of 'regulators' is said to have treated some negroes living on Town branch, a short distance from Bedford, very badly a few nights ago. Their conduct is condemned by the respectable citizens of Trimble county, and efforts are being made to discover and bring them to justice.” Courier-Journal, February 15, 1870
A black man marries a white woman in 1889. Three years in prison for both. Story here, and here.	The Indianapolis News reports a, 1867 racial incident against a Black man carrying blackberries to market. Work of an irresponsible few? The News says they're not buying that anymore. The item is here.
Indiana State Journal, April 21, 1835	Indiana State Journal, January 4, 1834
The Boone County Library has a web site detailing known escapes of enslaved people from Northern Kentucky. The Trimble-Carroll-Owen only list is here.	The Georgetown neighborhood of Madison was a community for free African-Americans before the Civil War.
John White attempts to get his family out of slavery. Ends up in the Bedford jail.
Whipping the slave catcher in Ohio.	Dick escapes.
The Liberator, September 9, 1853	“Rev. Mr. May. — We mentioned, recently, that this gentleman had been arrested in Kentucky, on a charge of inducing slaves to run away. From the Madison (Ind.) Banner , we learn that he was arrested in Indiana on a requisition from the Governor of Kentucky having been indicted in Trimble county , Ky. He was taken out on a writ of habeas corpus at Madison Ind., and discharged upon a technical defect in the Governor's warrant. he immediately left the place.— Ashtabula Sentinel.” The Liberator, March 3, 1854 More here.
Citizens in Frankfort and Versailles became alarmed because of rumors of slave uprisings (which, while frequently rumored, never seemed to have actually happened).  The purported uprisings were alleged to have been instigated by an abolitionist named  Day, who “has been connected with the notorious Delia Webster, who was once in the Kentucky Penitentiary for running off negroes. He was driven away from Trimble Co. some years ago for his negro stealing propensities. If he is caught on this side of the river again we reckon he will be hung.— He deserves it— Louisville Courier.” [Frederick] Douglass’ Monthly, December, 1859
Richard Daly escapes. Details.	Lawsuit against Hoosiers helping slaves.
Caroline and her children attempt to escape; the legal system acts. The 1849 legal suit in Indiana that resulted is discussed here.	Trimble Countians pass resolution asking Henry Clay to resign because of his anti-slavery positions.
John White attempts to free his family.	“On Friday night Franklin Hazelwood, an old man and a cripple, and his two sons, sixteen and eighteen years old, living near Bedford, Trimble county (Ky.), were taken from their house by three men, with faces blackened, and tied up and whipped with raw hides, their house torn down, furniture broken, and then ordered to leave the county under penalty of death, on account, as it is stated, of their Union sentiments. General Burbank, district commandant, today sent a detachment or twenty men to the scene of the outrage to investigate the matter and arrest the guilty parties.” Sacramento Daily Union, May 14, 1867
Freeman Anderson, a Hanover, Indiana resident, recalls the days of his activities in the Underground Railroad, and talks about seeing the infamous John Brown in Trimble County and Madison weeks before Harper's Ferry. Read his remembrance here.
An 1899 story recalls Underground Railroad experiences, here. (pdf)

There are two oral histories that have been transcribed  from former slaves from Trimble County.
 You can read the story of  John Daugherty  (pdf)  and the story of Grace Monroe (pdf).

$400 reward offered for escaped Trimble County slave, here.

“Look Out for a NEGRO STEALER! $25.00 REWARD!   
John Birch, sentenced to 2 years in the penitentiary for negro stealing in Trimble
County, escaped from the sheriff on the way to the state penitentiary.”
Shelby News, Shelbyville, October 25, 1849

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