1851
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1851
Events
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 slave escape. HistoryOrb.com
U.S. & World
- Gail Borden announces invention of evaporated milk. HistoryOrb.com
- The New York Times begins publishing a daily newspaper. HistoryOrb.com
- Fire devastates US Library of Congress in Washington, destroys 35,000 volumes.
More Information
* Boone County Tax Lists, 1851: District 1, District 2.
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