Jefferson County Sheriff Wright or Right Rea (spelled Ray here) was known for his slave-catching ability. In this act of the Kentucky legislature, authorized paying Wright and unnamed others for their role in the capture of Elijah Anderson. Anderson, who had lived in Madison, moved to Cleveland, Ohio, because of the threats stemming from his aiding slaves to escape. But he was convicted of slave-stealing in 1857 and sentenced to an eight-year term in a Kentucky Prison. He was found dead in his cell in 1861, supposedly from a heart attack.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY of the COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY,
PASSED AT THE SESSION WHICH WAS BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF
FRANKFORT, ON MONDAY, THE 7TH OF DECEMBER, 1857, AND ENDED WEDNESDAY, 17TH OF FEBRUARY, 1868.
AN ACT for the benefit of Wright Ray, and others. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky 1858. State of Indiana, for the sum of twenty-five dollars each, for expenses incurred in attending in Kentucky as witnesses against Elijah Anderson a negro thief, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated§
2. That this act shall take effect from its passage. Approved February 9, 1858.
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