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By Courtesy:: Marilyn S. Wolf, July 17, 2011
Side 'Two' - - Escape of Caroline, 1847 Marker
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1 ► Indiana, Decatur County, Greensburg — 16.2008.1 — Escape of Caroline, 1847 —
On County Road N80NE at Road E280N, on the right when traveling south on County Road N80NE.
Caroline and her four children escaped Kentucky slave owner October 31, 1847; they crossed Ohio River near Madison. After passing near here, Fugit Township black and white residents hid family close to Clarksburg. While hidden, family seized . . . — — Map (db m44743) HM
2 ► Indiana, Decatur County, Greensburg — 16.2007.1 — Donnell -V.- State, 1852 —
On East Washington Street east of North Broadway Street, on the right when traveling east.
Side one: Luther Donnell was convicted in Decatur Circuit Court (1849) of aiding fugitive slaves, Caroline and her four children, to escape to Canada. In Donnell v. State, Indiana Supreme Court reversed the conviction, claiming that under . . . — — Map (db m44752) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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Nov. 11, 2026