[Gutenberg 15263] • 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. by Still, William -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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The UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

A RECORD

FACTS, AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE, LETTERS, &C.,

Narrating the Hardships, Hair-breadth Escapes and Death Struggles

OF THE

Slaves in their efforts of Freedom,

AS RELATED TOGETHER WITH

SKETCHES OF SOME OF THE LARGEST STOCKHOLDERS, AND MOST LIBERAL AIDERS AND ADVISERS, OF THE ROAD.

WILLIAM STILL,

PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION. ILLUSTRATIONS. CONTENTS. THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD * * * * * 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. (The reader will interpret for himself.) 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 JOHN THOMPSON, A FUGITIVE, TO HIS MOTHER.

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.

SECOND LETTER.

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.

FROM THE UNDERGROUND RAIL ROAD RECORDS.

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.

THE DELIVERER OF BOX BROWN—MEETING OF THE COLORED CITIZENS OF PHILADELPHIA.

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

LETTER COPIED FROM THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE.

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.

A WARNING TO SLAVE-HOLDERS.

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.

LETTER FROM JEFFERSON PIPKINS.

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.

LETTER FROM "J.B." LETTERS FROM E.L. STEVENS.

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.

LETTER FROM SAMUEL W. JOHNSON TO HIS WIFE.

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 FEOM 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.

SECOND LETTER.

THIRD LETTER.

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.

LETTER FROM A. GOODWIN.

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.

THOMAS GARRETT'S LETTER.

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.

JAMES CRUMMILL, SAMUAL and TOLBERT JONES and HENRY HOWARD.

SUNDRY ARRIVALS ABOUT JANUARY FIRST, 1855.

VERENEA MERCER.

SLAVE-HOLDER IN MARYLAND WITH THREE COLORED WIVES. JAMES GRIFFIN ALIAS THOMAS BROWN. CAPTAIN F. ARRIVES WITH NINE PASSENGERS.

NAMES OF 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.

NAMES OF THE "ARTICLES."

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."

THE LAW OF TREASON, AS LAID DOWN BY JUDGE KANE. COPY OF THE INDICTMENT.

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

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM WM. FARMER, ESQ., OF LONDON, TO WM. LLOYD GARRISON, JUNE 26, 1851—"FUGITIVE SLAVES AT THE GREAT EXHIBITION."

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.

CHARLES HALL, JAMES JOHNSON, CHARLES CARTER, GEORGE, AND JOHN LOGAN, JAMES HENRY WATSON, ZEBULON GREEN, LEWIS, AND PETER BURRELL, WILLIAM WILLIAMS, AND HIS WIFE—HARRIET TUBMAN, WITH FOUR PASSENGERS.

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.

"THE MOTHER OF TWELVE CHILDREN." OLD JANE DAVIS—FLED TO ESCAPE THE AUCTION-BLOCK.

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.

THE WIFE'S STATEMENT

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.

ANOTHER SLAVE HUNT IN PHILADELPHIA.

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.

EDWARD LEWIS.

SECOND LETTER 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.

THE OVERSEER IS NOW EXAMINED. From Miss MARY B. THOMAS.

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.

GENERAL 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.

EMINENT ANTI-SLAVERY MEN

WILLIAM H. FURNESS, D.D. WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON.

SPEECH OF MR. BRIGHT, M.P. SPEECH OF THE DUKE OF ARGYLL. THE ADDRESS TO WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON, ESQ. SPEECH OF MR. GARRISON.

LEWIS TAPPAN ELIJAH F. PENNYPACKER, STATION MASTERS ON THE ROAD. WILLIAM WRIGHT.

MEMORIAL.

DR. BARTHOLOMEW FUSSELL. THOMAS SHIPLEY.This account of the Life of Thomas Shipley is abridged from a Memoir by Dr. Isaac Parrish, published in 1837.

To the Memory of THOMAS SHIPLEY, President of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, Who died on the 17th of Ninth mo., 1836, a devoted Christian and Philanthropist. BY JOHN G. WHITTIER.

ROBERT PURVIS JOHN HUNN.

THE CASE OF MOLLY, A SLAVE, BELONGING TO R—— B——, OF SMYRNA, DELAWARE. BY JOHN HUNN, ENGINEER OF THE UNDERGROUND RAIL ROAD. AN ACCOUNT OF THE ESCAPE FROM SLAVERY OF SAMUEL HAWKINS AND FAMILY, OF QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND, ON THE UNDERGROUND RAIL ROAD, IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. BY JOHN HUNN.

SAMUEL RHOADS GEORGE CORSON CHARLES D. CLEVELAND.

OUR OBJECT.

WILLIAM WHIPPER. ISAAC T. HOPPER. SAMUEL D. BURRIS, MARIANN, GRACE ANNA, AND ELIZABETH R. LEWIS.

EARNEST IN THE CAUSE.

CUNNINGHAM'S RACHE. FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER.

CHRISTIANITY. LETTER TO JOHN BROWN'S WIFE. TO THE UNION SAVERS OF CLEVELAND. FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT. PRIVATE LECTURES TO FREEDWOMEN. A LECTURE.

INDEX. WHAT HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT IT

Prominent Members of the Anti-Slavery Society.

Brief Extracts from Letters to the Author by Prominent Men. THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, PEOPLE'S PUBLISHING CO.,

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