Headnote

COVINGTON, city, p.v., Kenton co., Ky., 85 ms. N.E. of Frankfort; from W. 493 ms.  Watered by Ohio river and Licking creek.  (Fanning's, 1853)

Place Unit Type
City or Town
Containing Unit
Kenton County, KY
Date Type
In Boone County, Kentucky, white "rangers" beat a freed slave and force him and his family to leave Crime/Disasters
The new record-breaking suspension bridge across the Ohio between Cincinnati and Covington officially opens. Science/Technology
Birthplace of
Date Title
Louisville (KY) Journal, "Freight on the Underground Railroad," January 21, 1854
Memphis (TN) Appeal, "An Abolitionist in Trouble," July 20, 1854
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Manumission of a Whole Drove of Slaves,” March 5, 1859
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