John Gill Craven

Released
Full name:John Craven
Date of birth:02. 04. 1823
Date of death:19. 01. 1893
Age:69† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1800s
State:Indiana
Support
Abolitionism Underground Railroad
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Biography

John Gill Craven was principal of the Eleutherian Institute (later Eleutherian College) in Lancaster, Indiana — an abolition school open to students of all colors, a few miles from slave territory. He and his wife Martha opened their home to Black students and aided freedom seekers. Craven, along with James and Lucy Nelson, was arrested by the sheriff of Jefferson County under the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law.

Case

Charges: Harboring Black people and encouraging Black people to enter Indiana
Convicted: No

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