Antebellum Louisville Map

ID: 535
This file appears in: Kentucky Fugitives to Canada

This antebellum map shows Louisville, Kentucky, where Thornton and Lucie Blackburn made their escape from slavery by steamboat. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Kentucky Fugitives to Canada

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #2072 in Louisville notes the escape of two slaves, Thornton and Lucie Blackburn, who made their way to Canada. In 1831, newlywed slaves Thornton and Lucie Blackburn learned that…