Frozen Ohio River
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This early 20th century photograph shows the Covington riverfront frozen in winter, much as it must have looked to Margaret Garner and her party who used the frozen Ohio River to flee to Cincinnati in 1856. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.
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…