Description It was the day before Independence Day, 1833.
Thornton and Lucie were spirited across.
But Detroit\'s black community rallied to their cause in the Blackburn Riots of 1833, the first racial uprising in the city\'s history.
Pursued to Michigan, the couple was captured and sentenced to return to Kentucky in chains.
As his bride, Lucie, was about to be sold down the river, Thornton Blackburn planned a daring--and successful--daylight escape from their Louisville masters.
Description It was the day before Independence Day, 1833