Louisville, KY, United States
Kentucky Fugitives to Canada. Thornton and Lucie (also called Ruthy) Blackburn were slaves in Louisville, 1830-31. Thornton was hired out to Wurts and Reinhard's store at 4th and Main. When Lucie was sold to Virgil McKnight, the two escaped by steamboat. They were claimed two years later in Detroit
by owners. The couple was rescued in "The Blackburn Riots of 1833," Detroit's first racial riot. (Reverse) Lucie and Thornton escaped to Canada. Two attempts to extradite them were refused. They moved
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