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On April 15, 1860, at the Seymour railroad depot, a shipping box was damaged while being transferred, and Alexander McClure was discovered inside and immediately identified himself as a fugitive slave from Nashville, Tennessee. The box had been shipped from Nashville and addressed to Levi Coffin in Cincinnati, who strongly denied any knowledge of the escape plan. Adams Express Company agents took McClure to Louisville jail, where his owner claimed him, then took him to Nashville, and the company paid all expenses for his return to Nashville. McClure's testimony helped convict two black men accused of aiding him, and many sensationalized stories about the attempted escape appeared in various city newspapers.
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Seymour, Indiana · United States
