George Boxley
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George Boxley was a white storekeeper who, while living in Spotsylvania, Virginia, allegedly tried to coordinate a local slave rebellion on March 6, 1815, based on "heaven-sent" orders to free the slaves. Boxley escaped from Virginia and fled to Ohio and Indiana, where he helped runaway slaves and taught the principles of abolitionism.
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References
- History of Sheridan, Indiana (http://www.sheridanchamber.org/index/sheridan_history)
- African American History in the Rappahannock Region (http://www.teenspoint.org/fyi/columns2.asp?column_id=420&column_type=teenspoint)
- Indiana Historical Society (http://www.indianahistory.org/lhs/COL20040528.html)
- Philip J. Schwarz, Migrants Against Slavery: Virginians and the Nation (http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=225481004388545)
- Virginia Historical Society, Guide to African American Manuscripts (http://www.vahistorical.org/aamcvhs/AAG_h01.pdf)
