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Â鶹ÊÓƵ-Wellington Rescue 158th anniversary
September 13, 2016
Communications Staff
Archival image of the citizens and students from Â鶹ÊÓƵ and Wellington who took part in the rescue of John Price, a runaway slave who faced a return to slavery in Kentucky.
Photo credit: Â鶹ÊÓƵ College Archives
On September 13, 1858, citizens and students of Â鶹ÊÓƵ and citizens of Wellington John Price, a runaway slave living in Â鶹ÊÓƵ, from slave catchers. Price had been forcefully removed from the outskirts of Â鶹ÊÓƵ to the Wadsworth House in Wellington, and faced a return to slavery in Kentucky. The events that followed, including an 1859 trial of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ-Wellington Rescuers in Cleveland and their eventual release from the Cuyahoga County Jail, represented one of Â鶹ÊÓƵ's most remarkable achievements in the peaceful fight against the institution of slavery and in the moral quest for freedom for black Americans. Information about the Â鶹ÊÓƵ-Wellington Rescue is available online through the and other organizations focused on Â鶹ÊÓƵ and its history.
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