Harriet Powell Collection 1877, 1941

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Harriet Powell Collection 1877, 1941

http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/p/powell_h.htm

Material relating to Tom Leonard and the 1839 escape of Harriet Powell, "white lady fugitive." Clippings from the (Syracuse, New York), June 10, 1877, and a narrative explanation dated October 1941. Sunday Morning Times

1 folder (SC)

eng,

Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center

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Clarke, William M., fl. 1839-1877

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Clarke, Theodore W.

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Leonard, Tom, d. 1877

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Powell, Harriet, fl. 1839

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Harriet Powell arrived in Syracuse in September of 1839 with wealthy Mississippi plantation owner J. Davenport and his wife. Powell was evidently very fair-skinned, as she was referred to as "the white lady fugitive" and initially several visitors thought her a family member, only later discovering that she was in fact the Davenports' slave. The Davenports and Powell stayed at a local hotel called The Syracuse House for some time. During a reception on October 8, the nig...