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====== 1851 ======
|  * [[1850]]  |    * 1851  |    * [[1852]]  |    * [[1853]]  |    * [[1854]]  |  * [[1855]]  |    * [[1856]]  |    * [[1857]]  |    * [[1858]]  |    * [[1859]]  |

===== Events =====
==== Boone County ====
  * [[certified_emmancipations_in_boone_county|Emmancipated slaves]] travel to [[Burlington]] to provide proof to the Boone County court that they were indeed free. 

==== Kentucky ====
  * Kentucky marshals abduct abolitionist minister Calvin Fairbank from Jeffersonville, Indiana, and take him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a [[slavery|slave]] escape. [[http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1851|HistoryOrb.com]]

==== U.S. & World ==== 
  * Gail Borden announces invention of evaporated milk. [[http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1851|HistoryOrb.com]]
  * The New York Times begins publishing a daily newspaper. [[http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1851|HistoryOrb.com]]
  * Fire devastates US Library of Congress in Washington, destroys 35,000 volumes.
 
===== More Information =====
 * Boone County Tax Lists, 1851: [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/32054/0|District 1]], [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/32222/0|District 2]].