Lewis Hayden

  • American

Lewis Hayden was an enslaved African-American who to become a Member of the 1873 Massachusetts legislature. - AsNotedIn


Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1850/00/00 Lewis and Harriet Hayden, who, in the 1840s escaped slavery in Kentucky, operate a boardinghouse and used-clothing store on Southac Street, Boston. Home, Work Lewis and Harriet Hayden House Boston
1854/05/26 Lewis Hayden leads a daring attempt to rescue Anthony Burns from federal custody in the Federal courthouse (lost). Abolitionist Fugitive Slave Trial of Anthony Burns
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