Chicago Tribune, March 31, 1863 (Historical Newspapers)

Search Summary:

• Search conducted by Alex Ghaemmaghami between July 8-15, 2019
• Keywords: “stampede + slave,” “stampede + Missouri,” “negro stampede,” “exodus of negroes, stampeding, “freedom suits”
• Total Relevant Articles: 26 (3 about Missouri)

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• “We learn from the Lagrange (Mo.) American, of the 12^th That about a dozen ‘likely, intelligent and valuable slaves escaped from that city during last week, and are supposed to be now beyond reach of pursuit.” (“Negro Stampede,” Chicago Press and Tribune, November 11, 1859)
• “The Canton, Lewis county, Mo., reporter, gives the following account of the recent great slave stampede there…” (“Another Chapter of Southern Atrocities and Horrors,” Boston Liberator, January 18, 1850)
• “Some thirty or forty American citizens of African descent … quietly abolished themselves into Illinois.” (Hannibal, MO Courier, quoted in “Slave Stampede,” Chicago Tribune, March 31, 1861)
• “It seems, from the information at Lexington, [KY] that Mr. Doyle has been the active agent in getting up the recent stampede among the negroes of Fayette county…. From this place, he made his escape, and next turns up at Lexington, engaged in the giant stampede of negroes from the interior of Kentucky.” (“Doyle, the Negro Abductor,” Pittsburgh, PA Daily Morning Post, August 21, 1848)

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• Using the date range tool helped narrow the number of results drastically, as well as using quotation marks for key phrases and commas between key terms.
• Many results detailing stampedes from Kentucky to Ohio

Most Relevant Coverage from ProQuest Historical Newspapers

• MISSOURI: LaGrange, MO American (quoted in Chicago Tribune) and Hannibal, MO Courier (quoted in Chicago Tribune)
• ILLINOIS: Chicago Tribune, 1848-1863
• NEW YORK: New York Times, 1857-1863
• PENNSYLVANIA: Philadelphia Inquirer, 1860-1863