Escape of Caroline, 1847 Traditional Cache
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This is in a cemetery in Kingston, Indiana. Unsure of the cemeteries actual name, but when we seen this...we decided to name if for Caroline.
Escape of Caroline, 1846
Side one:
Caroline and her four children escaped Kentucky slave owner October 31, 1847; they crossed Ohio River near Madison. After passing near here, Fugit Township black and white residents hid family close to Clarksburg. While hidden, family seized by a white resident, but escaped before owner claimed them. Residents separated family to avoid another capture.
Side two:
Family members safely escorted from Decatur County and reunited in Union County. Family reached Canada. The Underground Railroad refers to a widespread network of diverse people in the nineteenth century who aided slaves escaping to freedom from the southern U.S.
Area of the cache is by the maintenance shed, cache is NOT in or around this building or stones. No night caching, please practice CITO.
There is an old school just North of this cache. It is posted, so please do not trespass while looking at a piece of history in Kingston.
Additional Hints
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