Title:
Slave's bequest benefits widows
Date:
December 13, 1996
Scope & Content:
Newspaper article regarding Wheeling Gaunt, a slave from Kentucky who bought his freedom and moved to Yellow Springs, Ohio to make his fortune, donated nine acres of farmland to the community on the condition that the town distribute 25 pounds of flour to its "poor worthy widows" every Christmas.
Colonial
1 page
Colonial
1 page
Object ID:
DOC.1996–12–13A
Object Name:
Newspaper Clippings
Collection:
Slaves – Black History
People:
Gaunt Wheeling
Hubbard, Pat
Fox, Kelley
Phillipps, Lottie
Grubb, Maxine
Jackson, Phyllis
Hubbard, Pat
Fox, Kelley
Phillipps, Lottie
Grubb, Maxine
Jackson, Phyllis
Search Terms:
slaves
slavery
Underground Railroad
slavery
Underground Railroad