The Underground Railroad (William Still)

Table of Contents

PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION

SETH CONCKLIN

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM REV. N.R. JOHNSTON

LETTERS FROM LEVI COFFIN

McKIERNON'S LETTER

WM. STILL'S ANSWER

THE SEPARATION

UNDERGROUND RAIL ROAD LETTERS

LETTER FROM THOMAS GARRETT (U.G.R.R. DEPOT)

LETTER FROM MISS G.A. LEWIS (U.G.R.R. DEPOT)

LETTER FROM E.L. STEVENS, ESQ

LETTER FROM S.H. GAY, ESQ., EX-EDITOR OF THE ANTI-SLAVERY STANDARD AND NEW YORK TRIBUNE

LETTER FROM JOHN H. HILL, A FUGITIVE, APPEALING IN BEHALF OF A POOR SLAVE IN PETERSBURG, VA

LETTER FROM J. BIGELOW, ESQ

LETTER FROM HAM & EGGS, SLAVE (U.G.R.R. AG'T)

LETTER FROM REV H. WILSON (U.G.R.R. AG'T)

LETTER FROM SHERIDAN FORD, IN DISTRESS

LETTER FROM E.F. PENNYPACKER (U.G.R.R. DEPOT)

LETTER FROM JOS. C. BUSTILL (U.G.R.R. DEPOT)

LETTER FROM A SLAVE SECRETED IN RICHMOND

LETTER FROM G.S. NELSON (U.G.R.R. DEPOT)

LETTER FROM JOHN THOMPSON

LETTER FROM "WM. PENN" (OF THE BAR)

LETTER FROM MISS THEODOCIA GILBERT

WILLIAM PEEL, ALIAS WILLIAM BOX PEEL JONES ARRIVED PER ERRICSON LINE OF STEAMERS, WRAPPED IN STRAW AND BOXED UP, APRIL, 1859

DEATH OF ROMULUS HALL — NEW NAME GEORGE WEEMS

JAMES MERCER, WM. H. GILLIAM, AND JOHN CLAYTON STOWED AWAY IN A HOT BERTH

LETTER FROM MRS. L.E. WHITE

LETTER FROM WILLIAM HENRY GILLIAM

JAMES MERCER'S LETTER

JOHN H. HILL'S LETTER

CLARISSA DAVIS ARRIVED DRESSED IN MALE ATTIRE

ANTHONY BLOW, ALIAS HENRY LEVISON SECRETED TEN MONTHS BEFORE STARTING — EIGHT DAYS STOWED AWAY ON A STEAMER BOUND FOR PHILADELPHIA

PERRY JOHNSON, OF ELKTON, MARYLAND EYE KNOCKED OUT, ETC

ISAAC FORMAN, WILLIAM DAVIS, AND WILLIS REDICK HEARTS FULL OF JOY FOR FREEDOM — VERY ANXIOUS FOR WIVES IN SLAVERY

EXTRACT OF LETTER FROM ISAAC FORMAN

WILLIS REDICK

WILLIAM DAVIS

JOSEPH HENRY CAMP THE AUCTION BLOCK IS DEFEATED AND A SLAVE TRADER LOSES FOURTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS

SHERIDAN FORD SECRETED IN THE WOODS — ESCAPES IN A STEAMER

JOSEPH KNEELAND, ALIAS JOSEPH HULSON

EX-PRESIDENT TYLER'S HOUSEHOLD LOSES AN ARISTOCRATIC "ARTICLE"

EDWARD MORGAN, HENRY JOHNSON, JAMES AND STEPHEN BUTLER

HENRY PREDO BROKE JAIL, JUMPED OUT OF THE WINDOW AND MADE HIS ESCAPE

DANIEL HUGHES

THOMAS ELLIOTT

MARY EPPS, ALIAS EMMA BROWN — JOSEPH AND ROBERT ROBINSON A SLAVE MOTHER LOSES HER SPEECH AT THE SALE OF HER CHILD — BOB ESCAPES FROM HIS MASTER, A TRADER, WITH $1500 IN NORTH CAROLINA MONEY

GEORGE SOLOMON, DANIEL NEALL, BENJAMIN R. FLETCHER AND MARIA DORSEY

HENRY BOX BROWN ARRIVED BY ADAMS' EXPRESS

TRIAL OF THE EMANCIPATORS OF COL. J.H. WHEELER'S SLAVES, JANE JOHNSON AND HER TWO LITTLE BOYS

THE ARRIVALS OF A SINGLE MONTH SIXTY PASSENGERS CAME IN ONE MONTH — TWENTY-EIGHT IN ONE ARRIVAL — GREAT PANIC AND INDIGNATION MEETING — INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE FROM MASTERS AND FUGITIVES

SAMUEL PATTISON'S LETTER

INTERESTING LETTER FROM ISRAEL

LETTER FROM JOHN AUGUSTA

LETTER FROM MISS G. LEWIS ABOUT A PORTION OF THE SAME "MEMORABLE TWENTY-EIGHT"

A SLAVE GIRL'S NARRATIVE CORDELIA LONEY, SLAVE OF MRS. JOSEPH CAHELL (WIDOW OF THE LATE HON. JOSEPH CAHELL, OF VA.), OF FREDERICKSBURG, VA. — CORDELIA'S ESCAPE FROM HER MISTRESS IN PHILADELPHIA

ARRIVAL OF JACKSON, ISAAC AND EDMONDSON TURNER FROM PETERSBURG TOUCHING SCENE ON MEETING THEIR OLD BLIND FATHER AT THE U.G.R.R. DEPOT

ROBERT BROWN, ALIAS THOMAS JONES CROSSING THE RIVER ON HORSEBACK IN THE NIGHT

ANTHONY LONEY, ALIAS WILLIAM ARMSTEAD

CORNELIUS SCOTT

SAMUEL WILLIAMS, ALIAS JOHN WILLIAMS

BARNABY GRIGBY, ALIAS JOHN BOYER, AND MARY ELIZABETH, HIS WIFE; FRANK WANZER, ALIAS ROBERT SCOTT; EMILY FOSTER, ALIAS ANN WOOD (TWO OTHERS WHO STARTED WITH THEM WERE CAPTURED)

WILLIAM JORDON, ALIAS WILLIAM PRICE

JOSEPH GRANT AND JOHN SPEAKS TWO PASSENGERS ON THE UNDERGROUND RAIL ROAD, VIA LIVERPOOL

WILLIAM N. TAYLOR

LOUISA BROWN

JACOB WATERS AND ALFRED GOULDEN

ARRIVAL FROM BALTIMORE JEFFERSON PIPKINS, ALIAS DAVID JONES, LOUISA PIPKINS, ELIZABETH BRIT, HARRIET BROWN, ALIAS JANE WOOTON, GRACY MURRY, ALIAS SOPHIA SIMS, EDWARD WILLIAMS, ALIAS HENRY JOHNSON, CHAS. LEE, ALIAS THOMAS BUSHIER

SEVERAL ARRIVALS FROM DIFFERENT PLACES

ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND JEREMIAH W. SMITH AND WIFE JULIA

EIGHT ARRIVALS: JAMES MASSEY, PERRY HENRY TRUSTY, GEORGE RHOADS, JAMES RHOADS, GEORGE WASHINGTON, SARAH ELIZABETH RHOADS AND CHILD, MARY ELIZABETH STEVENSON

CHARLES THOMPSON, CARRIER OF "THE NATIONAL AMERICAN," OFF FOR CANADA

BLOOD FLOWED FREELY ABRAM GALLOWAY AND RICHARD EDEN, TWO PASSENGERS SECRETED IN A VESSEL LOADED WITH SPIRITS OF TURPENTINE. SHROUDS PREPARED TO PREVENT BEING SMOKED TO DEATH

JOHN PETTIFOOT

EMANUEL T. WHITE

THE ESCAPE OF A CHILD FOURTEEN MONTHS OLD

ESCAPE OF A YOUNG SLAVE MOTHER LEFT HER LITTLE BABY-BOY, LITTLE GIRL AND HUSBAND BEHIND

SAMUEL W. JOHNSON ARRIVAL FROM THE "DAILY DISPATCH" OFFICE

FAMILY FROM BALTIMORE

ELIJAH HILTON FROM RICHMOND

SOLOMON BROWN ARRIVED PER CITY OF RICHMOND

WILLIAM HOGG, ALIAS JOHN SMITH TRAVELER FROM MARYLAND

TWO FEMALE PASSENGERS FROM MARYLAND

CAPTAIN F. AND THE MAYOR OF NORFOLK TWENTY-ONE PASSENGERS SECRETED IN A BOAT. NOVEMBER, 1855

ARRIVALS FROM DIFFERENT PLACES

"FLEEING GIRL OF FIFTEEN," IN MALE ATTIRE

LETTER FROM J. BIGELOW, ESQ

SECOND LETTER FROM LAWYER BIGELOW

LETTER FROM THE MOTHER

LETTERS FROM WILLIAM PENN

FIVE YEARS AND ONE MONTH SECRETED

ESCAPE OF JOHN HENRY HILL FROM THE SLAVE AUCTION IN RICHMOND, ON THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, 1853

FIRST LETTER ON ARRIVING IN CANADA

SECOND LETTER

THIRD LETTER

FOURTH LETTER

FIFTH LETTER

SIXTH LETTER

SEVENTH LETTER

EIGHTH LETTER

NINTH LETTER

TENTH LETTER

ELEVENTH LETTER

TWELFTH LETTER

THIRTEENTH LETTER

THE ESCAPE OF HEZEKIAH HILL (UNCLE OF JOHN HENRY HILL)

JAMES — (BROTHER OF JOHN HENRY HILL)

FROM VIRGINIA, MARYLAND AND DELAWARE

ARCHER BARLOW, ALIAS EMIT ROBINS

SAMUEL BUSH, ALIAS WILLIAM OBLEBEE

JOHN SPENCER AND HIS SON WILLIAM, AND JAMES ALBERT

HETTY SCOTT ALIAS MARGARET DUNCANS AND DAUGHTER PRISCILLA

ROBERT FISHER

HANSEL WAPLES

ROSE ANNA TONNELL ALIAS MARIA HYDE

MARY ENNIS ALIAS LICIA HEMMIN

"SAM," "ISAAC," "PERRY," "CHARLES," AND "GREEN"

FROM RICHMOND AND NORFOLK, VA

WILLIAM B. WHITE, SUSAN BROOKS AND WILLIAM HENRY ATKINS. — STOWED AWAY IN THE STEAMSHIP CITY OF RICHMOND

SUSAN BROOKS

WILLIAM HENRY ATKINS

FOUR ARRIVALS

FROM VIRGINIA, MARYLAND, DELAWARE, NORTH CAROLINA, WASHINGTON, D.C., AND SOUTH CAROLINA

CHARLES GILBERT

LIBERTY OR DEATH

SALT-WATER FUGITIVE

FULL PARTICULARS OF THE ABDUCTION, ENSLAVING AND ESCAPE OF DAVIS. ATTEMPT TO SEDUCE HIM TO SLAVERY AGAIN

COPY OF FIRST ORDER OF COMMITMENT

COPY OF DISCHARGE

COPY OF ORDER OF RE-COMMITMENT

SAMUEL GREEN ALIAS WESLEY KINNARD, AUGUST 28th, 1854 TEN YEARS IN THE PENITENTIARY FOR HAVING A COPY OF UNCLE TOM'S CABIN

AN IRISH GIRL'S DEVOTION TO FREEDOM

FIRST LETTER

SECOND LETTER

THIRD LETTER

FOURTH LETTER

"SAM" NIXON ALIAS DR. THOMAS BAYNE

SUNDRY ARRIVALS

HEAVY REWARD

SLAVE TRADER HALL IS FOILED

THE PROTECTION OF SLAVE PROPERTY IN VIRGINIA A BILL PROVIDING ADDITIONAL PROTECTION FOR THE SLAVE PROPERTY OF CITIZENS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH

ESCAPING IN A CHEST

ISAAC WILLIAMS, HENRY BANKS, AND KIT NICKLESS MONTHS IN A CAVE, — SHOT BY SLAVE-HUNTERS

SEPTEMBER 28, 1856 ARRIVAL OF FIVE FROM THE EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND

SUNDRY ARRIVALS, ABOUT AUGUST 1ST, 1855

DEEP FURROWS ON THE BACK THOMAS MADDEN

"PETE MATTHEWS," ALIAS SAMUEL SPARROWS "I MIGHT AS WELL BE IN THE PENITENTIARY, &C

"MOSES" ARRIVES WITH SIX PASSENGERS

ESCAPED FROM "A WORTHLESS SOT" JOHN ATKINSON

WILLIAM BUTCHER, ALIAS WILLIAM T. MITCHELL "HE WAS ABUSEFUL"

"WHITE ENOUGH TO PASS"

ESCAPING WITH MASTER'S CARRIAGES AND HORSES HARRIET SHEPHARD, AND HER FIVE CHILDREN, WITH FIVE OTHER PASSENGERS

EIGHT AND A HALF MONTHS SECRETED WASHINGTON SOMLOR, ALIAS JAMES MOORE

ARTHUR FOWLER, ALIAS BENJAMIN JOHNSON

SUNDRY ARRIVALS

SUNDRY ARRIVALS ABOUT JANUARY FIRST, 1855

SLAVE-HOLDER IN MARYLAND WITH THREE COLORED WIVES JAMES GRIFFIN ALIAS THOMAS BROWN

CAPTAIN F. ARRIVES WITH NINE PASSENGERS

OWEN AND OTHO TAYLOR'S FLIGHT WITH HORSES, ETC THREE BROTHERS, TWO OF THEM WITH WIVES AND CHILDREN

HEAVY REWARD

CAPTAIN F. ARRIVES WITH FOURTEEN "PRIME ARTICLES" ON BOARD

SUNDRY ARRIVALS — LATTER PART OF DECEMBER, 1855, AND BEGINNING OF JANUARY, 1856

PART OF THE ARRIVALS IN DECEMBER, 1855

THE FUGITIVE SLAVE BILL OF 1850 "AN ACT RESPECTING FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE, AND PERSONS ESCAPING FROM THE SERVICE OF THEIR MASTERS"

THE SLAVE-HUNTING TRAGEDY IN LANCASTER COUNTY, IN SEPTEMBER, 1851 "TREASON AT CHRISTIANA"

WILLIAM AND ELLEN CRAFT FEMALE SLAVE IN MALE ATTIRE, FLEEING AS A PLANTER, WITH HER HUSBAND AS HER BODY SERVANT

ARRIVALS FROM RICHMOND LEWIS COBB AND NANCY BRISTER

PASSENGERS FROM NORTH CAROLINA [BY SCHOONER]

THOMAS CLINTON, SAUNEY PRY AND BENJAMIN DUCKET PASSED OVER THE U.G.R.R., IN THE FALL OF 1856

ARRIVALS IN APRIL, 1856

FIVE FROM GEORGETOWN CROSS ROADS MOTHER AND CHILD FROM NORFOLK, VA., ETC

PASSENGERS FROM MARYLAND, 1857 WILLIAM HENRY MOODY, BELINDA BIVANS, ETC

ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND

ARRIVAL FROM WASHINGTON, D.C., etc., 1857 GEORGE CARROLL, RANDOLPH BRANSON, JOHN CLAGART, AND WILLIAM ROYAN

ARRIVAL FROM UNIONVILLE, 1857 ISRAEL TODD, AND BAZIL ALDRIDGE

ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1857 ORDEE LEE, AND RICHARD J. BOOCE

ARRIVAL FROM CAMBRIDGE, 1857

BENJAMIN ROSS, AND HIS WIFE HARRIET FLED FROM CAROLINE COUNTY, EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND, JUNE, 1857

ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1857 WILLIAM JACKSON

ARRIVAL FROM DELAWARE, 1857 JOHN WRIGHT AND WIFE, ELIZABETH ANN, AND CHARLES CONNOR

ARRIVAL FROM ALEXANDRIA, 1857 OSCAR D. BALL, AND MONTGOMERY GRAHAM

THE ACTING COMMITTEE

ARRIVAL FROM UNIONVILLE, 1857 CAROLINE ALDRIDGE AND JOHN WOOD

ARRIVAL FROM NEW ORLEANS, 1857 JAMES CONNER, SHOT IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BODY

ARRIVAL FROM WASHINGTON, D.C HARRISON CARY

ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1857 JOE ELLIS

ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND CHRISTOPHER GREEN AND WIFE, ANN MARIA, AND SON NATHAN

ARRIVAL FROM GEORGETOWN CROSS-ROADS, 1857 LEEDS WRIGHT AND ABRAM TILISON

ARRIVAL FROM ALEXANDRIA WILLIAM TRIPLETT AND THOMAS HARPER

ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND HARRY WISE

ARRIVAL FROM NORFOLK, VA ABRAM WOODERS

ARRIVAL FROM WASHINGTON, D.C GEORGE JOHNSON, THOMAS AND ADAM SMITH

FOUR ABLE-BODIED "ARTICLES" IN ONE ARRIVAL, 1857 EDWARD, AND JOSEPH HAINES, THOMAS HARRIS, AND JAMES SHELDON

ARRIVAL FROM ARLINGTON, MD. 1857 JOHN ALEXANDER BUTLER, WILLIAM HENRY HIPKINS, JOHN HENRY MOORE AND GEORGE HILL

FIVE PASSENGERS, 1857 ELIZA JANE JOHNSON, HARRIET STEWART, AND HER DAUGHTER MARY ELIZA, WILLIAM COLE, AND HANSON HALL

ARRIVAL FROM HOWARD CO., MD., 1857 BILL COLE AND HANSON

ARRIVAL FROM PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD "JIM BELLE"

ARRIVAL FROM RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY, 1857 PASCAL QUANTENCE

ARRIVAL FROM NORTH CAROLINA, 1857 HARRY GRIMES, GEORGE UPSHER, AND EDWARD LEWIS

ALFRED HOLLON, GEORGE AND CHARLES N. RODGERS

ARRIVAL FROM KENT COUNTY, 1857 SAMUEL BENTON, JOHN ALEXANDER, JAMES HENRY, AND SAMUEL TURNER

ARRIVAL FROM BALTIMORE COUNTY, 1857 ELIZABETH WILLIAMS

MARY COOPER AND MOSES ARMSTEAD, 1857

ARRIVAL FROM NEAR WASHINGTON, D.C JOHN JOHNSON AND LAWRENCE THORNTON

HON. L. McLANE'S PROPERTY, SOON AFTER HIS DEATH, TRAVELS viâ THE UNDERGROUND RAIL ROAD. — WILLIAM KNIGHT, ESQ., LOSES A SUPERIOR "ARTICLE" JIM SCOTT, TOM PENNINGTON, SAM SCOTT, BILL SCOTT, ABE BACON, AND JACK WELLS

ARRIVAL FROM HARFORD CO., 1857 JOHN MYERS

ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1857 WILLIAM LEE, SUSAN JANE BOILE AND AMARIAN LUCRETIA RISTER

ARRIVAL FROM NORFOLK, VA. 1857 WILLIAM CARNEY AND ANDREW ALLEN

ARRIVAL FROM HOOPESVILLE, MD., 1857 JAMES CAIN, "GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON," AND ANNA PERRY

ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1858 GEORGE RUSSELL AND JAMES HENRY THOMPSON

ARRIVAL FROM QUEEN ANN COUNTY, 1858 CATHARINE JONES AND SON HENRY, ETNA ELIZABETH DAUPHUS, AND GEORGE NELSON WASHINGTON

ARRIVAL FROM BALTIMORE ELIJAH BISHOP AND WILLIAM WILLIAMSON

ARRIVAL FROM DUNWOODY COUNTY, 1858 DARIUS HARRIS

ARRIVED FROM ALEXANDRIA, VA., 1857 TOWNSEND DERRIX

ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1858 EDWARD CARROLL

ARRIVAL FROM PETERSBURG, 1858 JAMES MASON

ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND ROBERT CARR

ARRIVAL OF A PARTY OF SIX, 1858 PLYMOUTH CANNON, HORATIO WILKINSON, LEMUEL MITCHELL, JOSIAH MITCHELL, GEORGE HENRY BALLARD, AND JOHN MITCHELL

ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND, 1858 EBENEZER ALLISON

ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND, 1858 JOHN THOMPSON CARR, ANN MOUNTAIN AND CHILD, AND WILLIAM BOWLER

ARRIVAL FROM BALTIMORE, 1858 ROBERTA TAYLOR

ARRIVAL FROM HIGHTSTOWN, 1858 ROBERT THOMPSON (A PREACHER)

ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1858 ALFRED S. THORNTON

ARRIVAL FROM BELLEAIR JULIUS SMITH, WIFE MARY, AND BOY JAMES, HENRY AND EDWARD SMITH, AND JACK CHRISTY

ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1858 JOHN WESLEY COMBASH, JACOB TAYLOR, AND THOMAS EDWARD SKINNER

ARRIVAL FROM NEW MARKET, 1858 ELIJAH SHAW

ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1858 MARY FRANCES MELVIN, ELIZA HENDERSON, AND NANCY GRANTHAM

ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND, 1858 ORLANDO J. HUNT

ARRIVAL FROM NORFOLK, VA., 1858 WILLIAM MACKEY

ARRIVAL FROM NEAR BALTIMORE, 1858 HENRY TUCKER

ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1858 PETER NELSON. (RESEMBLED AN IRISHMAN)

ARRIVAL FROM WASHINGTON, 1858 MARY JONES AND SUSAN BELL

ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1858 WILLIAM CARPENTER

ARRIVAL FROM THE OLD DOMINION NINE VERY FINE "ARTICLES." LEW JONES, OSCAR PAYNE, MOSE WOOD, DAVE DIGGS, JACK, HEN, AND BILL DADE, AND JOE BALL

ARRIVAL FROM DELAWARE, 1858 GEORGE LAWS AND COMRADE — TIED AND HOISTED WITH BLOCK AND TACKLE, TO BE COWHIDED

ARRIVAL FROM DELAWARE, 1858 JOHN WEEMS, ALIAS JACK HERRING

ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1858 RUTH HARPER, GEORGE ROBINSON, PRISCILLA GARDENER, AND JOSHUA JOHN ANDERSON

ARRIVAL FROM NORTH CAROLINA AND DELAWARE "DICK BEESLY",MURRAY YOUNG AND CHARLES ANDREW BOLDEN

ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND JOHN JANNEY, TALBOT JOHNSON, SAM GROSS, PETER GROSS, JAMES HENRY JACKSON, AND SAM SMITH

ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND BIRTH-DAY PRESENT FROM THOMAS GARRETT

ARRIVAL FROM THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 1858 REBECCA JACKSON AND DAUGHTER, AND ROBERT SHORTER

ARRIVAL FROM HONEY BROOK TOWNSHIP, 1858 FRANK CAMPBELL

ARRIVAL FROM ALEXANDRIA, VA., 1858 RICHARD BAYNE, CARTER DOWLING AND BENJAMIN TAYLOR

ARRIVAL FROM THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT HANSON WILLIAMS, NACE SHAW, GUSTA YOUNG, AND DANIEL M'NORTON SMITH

CROSSING THE BAY IN A SKIFF WILLIAM THOMAS COPE, JOHN BOICE GREY, HENRY BOICE AND ISAAC WHITE

ARRIVAL FROM KENT COUNTY, MD., 1858 ASBURY IRWIN, EPHRAIM ENNIS, AND LYDIA ANN JOHNS

ARRIVAL FROM WASHINGTON, 1858 JOSEPHINE ROBINSON

ARRIVAL FROM CECIL COUNTY, 1858 ROBERT JOHNS AND HIS WIFE "SUE ANN"

ARRIVAL FROM GEORGETOWN, D.C., 1858 PERRY CLEXTON, JIM BANKS AND CHARLES NOLE

ARRIVAL FROM SUSSEX COUNTY, 1858 JACOB BLOCKSON, GEORGE ALLIGOOD, JIM ALLIGOOD, AND GEORGE LEWIS

SUNDRY ARRIVALS IN 1859 SARAH ANN MILLS, Boonsborough; CAROLINE GASSWAY, Mt. Airy; LEVIN HOLDEN, Laurel; WILLIAM JAMES CONNER, with his wife, child, and four brothers; JAMES LAZARUS, Delaware; RICHARD WILLIAMS, Richmond, Virginia; SYDNEY HOPKINS and HENRY WHEELER, Havre de Grace

ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND, 1859 CORNELIUS HENRY JOHNSON. FACE CANADA-WARD FOR YEARS

ARRIVAL FROM DELAWARE, 1858 THEOPHILUS COLLINS, ANDREW JACKSON BOYCE, HANDY BURTON AND ROBERT JACKSON A DESPERATE, BLOODY STRUGGLE — GUN, KNIFE AND FIRE SHOVEL, USED BY AN INFURIATED MASTER

ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND, 1859 STEPNEY BROWN

ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1859 JIM KELL, CHARLES HEATH, WILLIAM CARLISLE, CHARLES RINGGOLD, THOMAS MAXWELL, AND SAMUEL SMITH

SUNDRY ARRIVALS, 1859 JOHN EDWARD LEE, JOHN HILLIS, CHARLES ROSS, JAMES RYAN, WILLIAM JOHNSTON, EDWARD WOOD, CORNELIUS FULLER AND HIS WIFE HARRIET, JOHN PINKET, ANSAL CANNON, AND JAMES BROWN

ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1859 JAMES BROWN

ARRIVAL FROM DELAWARE, 1859 EDWARD, JOHN, AND CHARLES HALL

ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1859 JAMES TAYLOR, ALBERT GROSS, AND JOHN GRINAGE

SUNDRY ARRIVALS FROM MARYLAND (1859) AND OTHER PLACES JAMES ANDY WILKINS, and wife LUCINDA, with their little boy, CHARLES, CHARLES HENRY GROSS, A WOMAN with her TWO CHILDREN — one in her arms — JOHN BROWN, JOHN ROACH, and wife LAMBY, and HENRY SMALLWOOD

ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND, 1859 HENRY JONES AND TURNER FOSTER

ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND TWO YOUNG MOTHERS, EACH WITH BABES IN THEIR ARMS — ANNA ELIZABETH YOUNG AND SARAH JANE BELL — WHIPPED TILL THE BLOOD FLOWED

ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, VIRGINIA, AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JOHN WESLEY SMITH, ROBERT MURRAY, SUSAN STEWART, AND JOSEPHINE SMITH

SUNDRY ARRIVALS FROM MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA HENRY FIELDS, CHARLES RINGGOLD, WILLIAM RINGGOLD, ISAAC NEWTON AND JOSEPH THOMAS

ARRIVAL FROM SEAFORD, 1859 ROBERT BELL AND TWO OTHERS

ARRIVAL FROM TAPPS' NECK, MD., 1859 LEWIS WILSON, JOHN WATERS, ALFRED EDWARDS AND WILLIAM QUINN

ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1859 ANN MARIA JACKSON AND HER SEVEN CHILDREN — MARY ANN, WILLIAM HENRY, FRANCES SABRINA, WILHELMINA, JOHN EDWIN, EBENEZER THOMAS, AND WILLIAM ALBERT

SUNDRY ARRIVALS FROM VIRGINIA, MARYLAND AND DELAWARE LEWIS LEE, ENOCH DAVIS, JOHN BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD DIXON, AND WILLIAM OLIVER

ARRIVAL FROM DIFFERENT POINTS JACOB BROWN, JAMES HARRIS, BENJAMIN PINEY, JOHN SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON, WILLIAM HUGHES, WESLEY WILLIAMS, ROSANNA JOHNSON, JOHN SMALLWOOD, AND HENRY TOWNSEND

SUNDRY ARRIVALS FROM MARYLAND, 1860 WILLIAM CHION AND HIS WIFE, EMMA, EVAN GRAFF, AND FOUR OTHERS

ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1860 JENNY BUCHANAN A KIND MASTER; JENNY CHASTISED ONE OF HIS SONS FOR AN INSULT, AND AS A PUNISHMENT SHE WAS SOLD — SEIZED FOR DEBT — SOLD A SECOND TIME

ARRIVAL FROM BALTIMORE, 1860 WILLIAM BROWN, AND JAMES HENSON

ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND PHILIP STANTON, RANDOLPH NICHOLS, AND THOMAS DOUGLASS

ARRIVAL FROM FREDERICKSBURG, 1860 HENRY TUDLE AND WIFE, MARY WILLIAMS

SUNDRY ARRIVALS FROM MARYLAND, 1860 SAM ARCHER, LEWIS PECK, DAVID EDWARDS, EDWARD CASTING, JOE HENRY, GEORGE AND ALBERT WHITE, JOSEPH C. JOHNSON, DAVID SNIVELY, AND HENRY DUNMORE

CROSSING THE BAY IN A BATTEAU SHARP CONTEST WITH PURSUERS ON WATER. FUGITIVES VICTORIOUS

ARRIVAL FROM DORCHESTER CO., 1860 HARRIET TUBMAN'S LAST "TRIP" TO MARYLAND

ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1860 JERRY MILLS, AND WIFE, DIANA, SON, CORNELIUS, AND TWO DAUGHTERS, MARGARET, AND SUSAN

TWELVE MONTHS IN THE WOODS, 1860 HENRY COTTON

ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND WILLIAM PIERCE

A SLAVE CATCHER CAUGHT IN HIS OWN TRAP GEORGE F. ALBERTI PERSONATED BY A MEMBER OF THE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE — A LADY FRIGHTENED BY A PLACARD

ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND, 1858 HENRY LANGHORN alias WM. SCOTT

ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND, 1859

ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND JOHN WILLIAM DUNGY. — BROUGHT A PASS FROM EX. GOV. GREGORY

"AUNT HANNAH MOORE"

KIDNAPPING OF RACHEL AND ELIZABETH PARKER — MURDER OF JOSEPH C. MILLER IN 1851 AND 1852

ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1854 TUCKER WHITE

ARRIVAL FROM NORFOLK MARY MILLBURN, alias LOUISA F. JONES, ESCAPED IN MALE ATTIRE

ARRIVAL OF FIFTEEN FROM NORFOLK, VIRGINIA PER SCHOONER — TWICE SEARCHED — LANDED AT LEAGUE ISLAND ISAAC FORMAN, HENRY WILLIAMS, WILLIAM SEYMOUR, HARRIET TAYLOR, MARY BIRD, MRS. LEWEY, SARAH SAUNDERS, SOPHIA GRAY, HENRY GRAY, MARY GRAY, WINFIELD SCOTT, and three children

THE CASE OF EUPHEMIA WILLIAMS, CLAIMED AS A FUGITIVE SLAVE UNDER THE FUGITIVE SLAVE-LAW AFTER HAVING LIVED IN PENNSYLVANIA FOR MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS

HELPERS AND SYMPATHIZERS AT HOME AND ABROAD — INTERESTING LETTERS

PAMPHLET, AND LETTERS FROM MRS. ANNA H. RICHARDSON, OF NEWCASTLE, ENGLAND TO THE FRIENDS OF THE SLAVE

LETTERS TO THE WRITER

WOMAN ESCAPING IN A BOX, 1857 SHE WAS SPEECHLESS

ORGANIZATION OF THE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE MEETING TO FORM A VIGILANCE COMMITTEE

PORTRAITS AND SKETCHES

ESTHER MOORE

ABIGAIL GOODWIN

FAITHFUL WORKERS IN THE CAUSE

THOMAS GARRETT

THE TRIAL OF THE CASES, 1848

FOUR OF GOD'S POOR

FOUR FEMALES ON BOARD

DANIEL GIBBONS

LUCRETIA MOTT

JAMES MILLER McKIM

WILLIAM H. FURNESS, D.D

WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON

LEWIS TAPPAN

ELIJAH F. PENNYPACKER

STATION MASTERS ON THE ROAD

WILLIAM WRIGHT

DR. BARTHOLOMEW FUSSELL

THOMAS SHIPLEY

ROBERT PURVIS

JOHN HUNN

SAMUEL RHOADS

GEORGE CORSON

CHARLES D. CLEVELAND

WILLIAM WHIPPER

ISAAC T. HOPPER

SAMUEL D. BURRIS,

MARIANN, GRACE ANNA, AND ELIZABETH R. LEWIS

CUNNINGHAM'S RACHE

FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER