The Underground Railroad | Page 3

William Still
DEPEE
JACOB C. WHITE
CHARLES WISE
EDWIN H. COATES

KNIFING HIS VICTIM
LIVING IN A HOLLOW TREE
IN A CAVE
A NARROW ESCAPE
SUSPENDED BY THE HANDS WITH BLOCK AND TACKLE
CROSSING THE BAY
BREAKING HIM IN
MOTHER ESCAPING WITH SEVEN CHILDREN
FIGHT IN CHESAPEAKE BAY
JOHN W. DUNGEE
MARY MILBURN (SECRETED IN A BOX)
HEAVY WEIGHTS--ARRIVAL OF A PARTY AT LEAGUE ISLAND
SKETCHES AND PORTRAITS OF STATION-MASTERS, PROMINENT ANTI-SLAVERY MEN, AND SUPPORTERS OF THE U.G.R.R.:
ABIGAIL GOODWIN
THOMAS GARRETT
DANIEL GIBBONS
LUCRETIA MOTT
J. MILLER M'KIM
WILLIAM H. FURNESS
WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON
LEWIS TAPPAN
ELIJAH F. PENNYPACKER
WILLIAM WRIGHT
DR. BARTHOLOMEW FUSSELL
ROBERT PURVIS
JOHN HUNN
SAMUEL RHOADS
WILLIAM WHIPPER
SAMUEL D. BURRIS
CHARLES D. CLEVELAND
GRACE ANNA LEWIS
MRS. FRANCES E.W. HARPER
JOHN NEEDLES

CONTENTS.

SETH CONCKLIN
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD LETTERS. From Thomas Garrett--G.A. Lewis--E.L. Stevens--Sydney Howard Gay--John Henry Hill--J. Bigelowe--Ham and Eggs--Rev. H. Wilson--Sheridan Ford--E.F. Pennypacker--J.C. Bustill--Slave secreted in Richmond--G.S. Nelson--John Thompson--Wm. Penn
WILLIAM BOX PEEL JONES Came boxed up _via_ Erricson line of Steamers.
WESLEY HARRIS ALIAS ROBERT JACKSON, CRAVEN MATTERSON AND TWO BROTHERS.
CLARISSA DAVIS Arrived in Male Attire.
ANTHONY BLOW ALIAS HENRY LEVISON Secreted Ten Months--Eight days on the Steamship City of Richmond bound for Philadelphia.
PERRY JOHNSON, OF ELKTON, MARYLAND. Eye knocked Out.
ISAAC FORMAN, WILLIAM DAVIS AND WILLIS REDICK. Hearts full of joy for Freedom--Very anxious for Wives in Slavery.
JOSEPH HENRY CAMP Sold, the day he escaped, for Fourteen Hundred Dollars--Slave Trader loses his Bargain.
SHERIDAN FORD Secreted in the Woods--Escapes in a Steamer.
JOSEPH KNEELAND ALIAS JOSEPH HULSON Young Master had a "Malignant Spirit".
EX-PRESIDENT TYLER'S HOUSEHOLD LOSES AN ARISTOCRATIC ARTICLE.
EDWARD MORGAN, HENRY JOHNSON, JAMES AND STEPHEN BUTLER. "Two Thousand Dollars Reward" offered.
HENRY PREDO Daniel Hughes, Thomas Elliott, and five others betrayed into Dover Jail.
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 Fifteen Hundred Dollars 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.
A SLAVE GIRL'S NARRATIVE. Cordelia Loney, Slave of Mrs. Joseph Cahell, (widow of the late Hon. Joseph Cahell, of Virginia)--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 AND 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.
WILLIAM JORDAN ALIAS WILLIAM PRICE.
JOSEPH GRANT AND JOHN SPEAKS. Two Passengers _via_ Liverpool.
WILLIAM N. TAYLOR. "One Hundred Dollars Reward".
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, Charles Lee alias Thomas Bushier.
SEVERAL ARRIVALS FROM DIFFERENT PLACES. Henry Anderson, Charles and Margaret Congo, Chaskey Brown, William Henry Washington, James Alfred Frisley, Charles Henry Salter, Stephen Taylor, Charles Brown, Charles H. Hollis, Luther Dorsey.
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 Stephenson.
CHARLES THOMPSON. Carrier of "The National American".
BLOOD FLOWED FREELY. Abram Galloway and Richard Eden--Secreted in a Vessel Loaded with Spirits of Turpentine--Shrouds Prepared to Prevent being Smoked to Death--Abram a Soldier under Father Abraham--Senator of North Carolina.
JOHN PETTIFOOT. "One Hundred Dollars Reward" Offered--McHenry and McCulloch Anxious About John.
EMANUEL T. WHITE. "Would rather Fight than Eat".
THE ESCAPE OF A CHILD FOURTEEN MONTHS OLD. Letter from "J.B."--Letters from E.L. Stevens ... Great Anxiety and Care.
ESCAPE OF A YOUNG SLAVE MOTHER. Baby, Little Girl and Husband left Behind--Three Hundred Dollars Reward Offered.
SAMUEL W. JOHNSON. Arrival from the Richmond Daily Dispatch Office--"Uncle Tom's Cabin" turned Sam's Brain--Affecting Letters.
FAMILY FROM BALTIMORE. Stephen Amos alias Henry Johnson, Harriet alias Mary Jane Johnson, and their four children, Ann Rebecca, William H., Elizabeth and Mary Ellen.
ELIJAH HILTON. From Richmond--"Five Hundred Dollars Reward" offered by R.J. Christian.... Grateful letter from Canada.
SOLOMON BROWN. Arrived per City of Richmond--Letter from Canada containing expressions of Gratitude.
WILLIAM HOGG ALIAS JOHN SMITH. Traveler from Maryland--William was much troubled about his Wife left behind--Letter from Canada.
TWO FEMALE PASSENGERS FROM MARYLAND. Ann Johnson and Lavina Woolfley Sold--Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire.
CAPTAIN F. AND THE MAYOR OF NORFOLK. Twenty-one Passengers secreted in Captain Fountain's Boat--Mayor and Posse of Officers on the Boat searching for U.G.R.R. Passengers.
ARRIVALS FROM DIFFERENT PLACES. Matilda Mahoney--Dr. J.W. Pennington's Brother and Sons--Great Adventure to deliver a Lover.
FLEEING GIRL OF FIFTEEN IN MALE ATTIRE. Ann Maria Weems alias Joe Wright--Great Triumph--Arrival on Thanksgiving Day--Interesting letters from J. Bigelow.
FIVE YEARS AND ONE MONTH SECRETED. John Henry, Hezekiah and James Hill.
FROM VIRGINIA, MARYLAND AND DELAWARE. Archer Barlow, alias Emet Robins--Samuel
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