Lucy Stone
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Cincinnati-based abolitionist and woman suffrage advocate Lucy Stone, pictured here, visited the Garners while they were held in a Cincinnati jail, and later negotiated unsuccessfully with their owner, Archibald Gaines, to purchase the children. 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…