Henry E. Peck

Released
Full name:Henry Everard Peck
Date of birth:July 1821
Date of death:09. 06. 1867
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1800s
State:Ohio
Time Imprisoned:
2 Months 21 Days
Support
Abolitionism
Henry E. Peck

Biography

Henry E. Peck was an Oberlin College professor and later U.S. minister to Haiti. Henry E. Peck was one of the twenty men jailed for the 1858 Oberlin–Wellington Rescue of the freedom-seeker John Price. He remained in the Cuyahoga County Jail from April 15 until the general release on July 6, 1859.

Case

Cuyahoga County Jail
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: Jul 6, 1859
Convicted: No
Plead: Not guilty
Institution State: Ohio

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