Orindatus Simon Bolivar Wall

AKA: Oliver S. B. Wall (as indicted)
Released
Full name:Orindatus Wall
Race:Black
Era:1800s
State:Ohio
Time Imprisoned:
10 Days
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Orindatus Simon Bolivar Wall

Biography

Orindatus Simon Bolivar Wall, a Black shoemaker in Oberlin, Ohio and brother-in-law of John Mercer Langston (later one of the first Black officers commissioned in the U.S. Army), was one of the twenty men jailed for the 1858 Oberlin–Wellington Rescue. Indicted under the misstated name "Oliver S. B. Wall," his indictment was dismissed on April 25, 1859 for the name error.

Case

Charges: Aiding the 1858 Oberlin–Wellington Rescue of John Price, a fugitive from slavery, in violation of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
Incarcerated: Apr 15, 1859
Released: Apr 25, 1859
Sentence: Held April 15 – April 25, 1859 (about 10 days); indictment dismissed for a name error. Verdict as recorded: No — indictment dismissed April 25, 1859 due to a name error.
Convicted: No — charges dismissed

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