In 1831, Thornton and Lucie Blackburn escaped slavery in Kentucky and fled to Canada; 154 years later, archaeologists uncovered their lost home
- On a summer day in 1831, Thornton and Lucie Blackburn left Louisville with little certainty about what awaited them.
- They were enslaved, newly married and facing the possibility that Lucie could be sold away from her husband.
- Their escape began on a steamboat and took them through Cincinnati and into Michigan, where they tried to build a life beyond the reach of Kentucky slaveholders.
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- On a summer day in 1831, Thornton and Lucie Blackburn left Louisville with little certainty about what awaited them.
- They were enslaved, newly married and facing the possibility that Lucie could be sold away from her husband.
- Their escape began on a steamboat and took them through Cincinnati and into Michigan, where they tried to build a life beyond the reach of Kentucky slaveholders.
Sources: Times of India