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The Hillsborough Recorder
Hillsboro, Orange County, North Carolina
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In Palmyra, Rochester-area negroes attempted to abduct a female slave from a Southern gentleman's mother, Mrs. Williams, attacking her house at night. Gunfire wounded two attackers slightly; they damaged property before fleeing. The slave refused to leave. Principal negroes arrested in Rochester, causing excitement.
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By the Rochester papers of Thursday, we learn that considerable excitement existed there, in consequence of the arrest of the principal negroes of the place. It appears a gentleman formerly of Palmyra, but latterly from the South, was accompanied by a female slave, as a servant, whom the negroes of Palmyra, aided by those of Rochester, attempted to abduct, and for that purpose attacked the House of Mrs. Williams, the mother of the gentleman in question, in the course of the night, but were unable to enter. A gun was fired at them, which slightly wounded two negroes—they returned the fire without injuring any one, and then commenced demolishing the windows and doors. The alarm was sounded, and numbers repaired to the spot, when the negroes fled. The slave had no desire to leave, and positively refused when urged by them.
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Palmyra
Event Date
Night Before Thursday
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two negroes slightly wounded; no other injuries; property damage to windows and doors; negroes fled; principal negroes arrested in rochester; slave refused to leave.
Event Details
Negroes from Palmyra and Rochester attempted to abduct a female slave accompanying a gentleman from the South by attacking Mrs. Williams' house at night. They were unable to enter; a gun wounded two slightly; they fired back without harm, demolished windows and doors, then fled after alarm.