Modern Medea
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"The Modern Medea," by Kentucky artist Thomas Satterwhite Noble was printed in Harper’s Weekly in 1867. It depicts the capture of Margaret Garner after she had killed one of her children and wounded three others. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
This file appears in: Slave Escape
Slave Escape
Historical Marker #1863 in Kenton County notes the escape of enslaved woman Margaret Garner, who murdered her daughter to prevent the child’s return to slavery.
In the winter of 1856, Boone County slave owner Archibald Gaines learned how…