The Underground Railroad: A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, as Related by Themselves and Others, Or Witnessed by the Author; Together with Sketches of Some of the Largest Stockholders, and Most Liberal Aiders and Advisers, of the Road

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People's Publishing Company, 1871 - Antislavery movements - 780 pages
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Contents

GEORGE SOLOMON DANIEL NEALL BENJAMIN R FLETCHER
79
RESURRECTION OF HENRY BOX BROWN
82
TRIAL OF THE EMANCIPATORS OF COL J H WHEELERS SLAVES
86
RESCUE OF JANE JOHNSON AND HER CHILDREN
88
PASSMORE WILLIAMSON
94
THE ARRIVALS OF A SINGLE MONTH
97
TWENTYEIGHT FUGITIVES ESCAPING FROM EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND
102
ESCAPING FROM ALABAMA ON TOP OF A CAR
107
A SLAVE GIRLS NARRATIVE
112
CROSSING THE RIVER ON HORSEBACK IN THE NIGHT
121
A BOLD STROKE FOR FREEDOMCONTEST WITH FIREARMS
125
WILLIAM JORDAN ALIAS WILLIAM PRICE
129
LOUISA BROWN JACOB WATERS AND ALFRED GOULDEN
135
ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND
141
ABRAM GALLOWAY
150
EMANUEL T WHITE
154
Arrival from the Richmond Daily Dispatch OfficeUncle Toms Cabin turned
158
TWO FEMALE PASSENGERS FROM MARYLAND
164
THE MAYOR AND POLICE OF NORFOLK SEARCHING CAPTAIN FOUNTAINS
167
ARRIVALS FROM DIFFERENT PLACES
172
MARIA WEEMS ESCAPING AS JO WRIGHT
183
FIVE YEARS AND ONE MONTH SECRETED
189
JOHN HENRY HILL
191
FROM VIRGINIA MARYLAND AND DELAWARE
203
William B White Susan Brooks and Wm Henry Atkinson
211
DRYGOODS MERCHANT SEARCHING THE CARS
215
FROM VIRGINIA MARYLAND DELAWARE NORTH CAROLINA WASH
223
CHARLES GILBERT
235
UP A TREE
237
SALTWATER FUGITIVE
242
SAMUEL GREEN SENTENCED TO THE PENITENTIARY FOR TEN YEARS
250
SUNDRY ARRIVALS
259
HEAVY REWARD
272
ESCAPING IN A CHEST
281
LEAR GREEN ESCAPING IN A CHEST
283
Cyrus Mitchell alias John Steel Joshua Handy alias Hambleton Hamby Charles
286
SUNDRY ARRIVALS ABOUT AUGUST 1st 1855
293
ESCAPED FROM A WORTHLESS SOT
299
ESCAPE OF ELEVEN PASSENGERS FROM MARYLAND IN TWO CARRIAGES
302
ARTHOR FOWLER ALIAS BENJAMIN JOHNSON
305
SLAVEHOLDER IN MARYLAND WITH THREE COLORED WIVES
314
Three Hundred Dollars RewardTom gone
324
THE FUGITIVE SLAVE BILL OF 1850
343
WILLIAM AND ELLEN CRAFT
349
WILLIAM AND ELLEN CRAFT
368
ARRIVALS FROM RICHMOND
377
ARRIVALS IN APRIL 1856
383

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