Abner Loveland

Released
Date of birth:05. 11. 1796
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1800s
State:Ohio
Time Imprisoned:
1 Day
Support
Abolitionism
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Biography

Abner Loveland was a Wellington, Ohio defendant in the 1858 Oberlin–Wellington Rescue of the freedom-seeker John Price. On May 12, 1859 he was sentenced to 24 hours in the county jail, a fine and costs.

Custody record

The contemporary Rescue history records a twenty-four-hour jail sentence and fine on May 12, 1859. No longer individually documented confinement was established in this review; the sentence must not be expanded to match other defendants’ jail terms.

Sources: Source 1; Source 2.

Case

Charges: Aiding the 1858 Oberlin–Wellington Rescue of John Price, a fugitive from slavery, in violation of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
Incarcerated: May 12, 1859
Released: May 13, 1859
Sentence: 24 hours
Convicted: Yes
Plead: Nolo contendere

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