Campus News
ÍøÆسԹÏ-Wellington Rescue
September 18, 2019
Communications Staff
Historic photo of the ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Rescuers at Cuyahoga County Jail.
Photo credit: Courtesy of the ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï College Archives
"In ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï History" is a series dedicated to notable events in ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï College history. It is created in partnership with the Office of Communications and ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï College Archives.
In the fall of 1858, a federal marshal arrested a fugitive slave named John Price. Price had been living and working in ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï for about two years when slave catchers conspired to capture him and return him to slavery in Kentucky. On September 13, 1858, citizens and students of ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï and citizens of Wellington successfully rescued Price in Wellington, Ohio. The 1859 trial of the ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Rescuers and their release from the Cuyahoga County Jail represented one of ÍøÆسԹÏ's most remarkable achievements in the battle against the institution of slavery.
More information about the ÍøÆسԹÏ-Wellington Rescue is available through the .
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