Eli Boies

Released
Race:White
Era:1800s
State:Ohio
Time Imprisoned:
20 Days
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Eli Boies

Biography

Eli Boies was a Wellington, Ohio abolitionist among the twenty men committed to the Cuyahoga County Jail for the 1858 Oberlin–Wellington Rescue of the freedom-seeker John Price. He obtained release on 500-dollar bail on May 5, 1859.

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: Apr 15, 1859
Released: May 5, 1859
Sentence: Held April 15 – May 5, 1859 (about 20 days), then released on bail. Verdict as recorded: No — released on 500-dollar bail May 5, 1859; never tried.
Convicted: No

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