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Frank Padget Water Tragedy
Heavy rains in late Jan. 1854 left the James
River and the treacherous Balcony Falls in
full flood. On 21 Jan., the canal boat Clinton
and its passengers became stranded in the
raging waters. Frank Padget, a skilled
boatman and slave, led four other men ...
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