Who was the runaway slave from kentucky was the inspiration for the first usage of the term underground railroad when he swam across the ohio river to freedom and his former owner assumed he had drowned and told the local paper if he had escaped

Tice Davids

Explanation:

Tice Davids is an escapee that successfully ran away from in owner in Kentucky to Ohio in 1831.

During an hot chase, he swam with slave hunters across the Ohio River, including his old master.

His master followed him closely and he watched as Davids set upon the land. When he looked again, his slave, David was nowhere to be found

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