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Ralph Plumb

Released
Date of birth:29. 03. 1816
Date of death:08. 04. 1903
Age:87† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1800s
State:Ohio
Time Imprisoned:
2 Months 21 Days
Support
Abolitionism
Ralph Plumb

Biography

Ralph Plumb was an Oberlin, Ohio lawyer and businessman (later a U.S. Congressman from Illinois). Ralph Plumb 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
Institution State: Ohio