Madison Washington (Q491581)
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HC-PER-38133
- HC-PER-38133
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Madison Washington
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Statements
Slave
Fugitive Slave
Slave Revolt Leader
Enslaved. Free before 13th Amendment. In 1841 he led nineteen enslaved persons in a mutiny that successfully redirected the Creole, a slave trading ship, to the Bahamas. The British allowed the enslaved persons aboard to be free, but paid $110,330 to the U.S. as compensation for loss of property.