The Daring Rescue of John Doy

The Immortal Ten were a group of abolitionists from Kansas Territory (where slavery was hotly contested) who slipped across the Missouri River into St. Joseph, Missouri (a slave state) and, on 23 July 1859, freed their friend and fellow abolitionist, Dr. John Doy, from jail just prior to his planned transport to the Missouri State Penitentiary to serve five years at hard labor for 'slave stealing.'