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Slave Escapes
Information on Slave Escapes in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.
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1862-10-27, Richmond Dispatch; elderly countryman sent to Castle Thunder from Fredericksburg, charged with smuggling negroes
1862-11-24, Richmond Dispatch; Mayor’s Court items: 2 soldiers fighting on theatre steps sent to Castle Thunder; Michael Rourke, 1TX, thief, sent to Castle Thunder; T. W. Hoenniger (keeping billiard tables without license) charges dropped
1862-11-27, Richmond Dispatch; R. B. Richardson, Keen Hospital, corner Main & 13th adv for negro escaped from Castle Thunder
1862-12-12, Richmond Dispatch; Luther Libby adv for runaway slave
1862-12-19, Richmond Dispatch; renewed runaway slave notice, Luther Libby
1862, Charles H. Winston Papers; President of the Richmond Female Institute (GH#4), describes the taking over of the building for the hospital, and its use.
1863-01-14, Richmond Dispatch; R. D. Ward at Castle Thunder (staff?) adv for runaway negro
1863-01-16, Richmond Dispatch; runaway slave notice from Chimborazo Hospital
1863-01-29, Richmond Dispatch; John J. Fry, Superintendent City Gas Works, adv for runaways.
1863-02-17, National Archives, RG 109, Ch. 9, Vol. 199½, p. 68; nine negroes have escaped from Libby Prison - they had been used as laborers around the prison
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