Wilson Bruce Evans

Released
Date of birth:1824
Date of death:1898
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1800s
State:Ohio
Time Imprisoned:
2 Months 21 Days
Support
Abolitionism
Wilson Bruce Evans

Biography

Wilson Bruce Evans was a free Black cabinetmaker in Oberlin, Ohio (brother of fellow rescuer Henry Evans). Wilson Bruce Evans 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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