OF NORFOLK SEARCHING
CAPTAIN FOUNTAIN'S SCHOONER
MARIA WEEMS ESCAPING AS JO WRIGHT
JOHN HENRY HILL
DRY-GOODS MERCHANT SEARCHING THE CARS
ESCAPE WITH A LADY, AS HER COACHMAN, WITH
MASTER'S HORSE AND CARRIAGE
SIX ON TWO HORSES
UP A TREE
SAMUEL GREEN SENTENCED TO THE PENITENTIARY FOR
TEN YEARS FOR HAVING A COPY OF "UNCLE TOM'S CABIN"
IN HIS HOUSE
LEAR GREEN ESCAPING IN A CHEST
ESCAPE OF ELEVEN PASSENGERS FROM MARYLAND IN
TWO CARRIAGES
THE CHRISTIANA TRAGEDY
WILLIAM AND ELLEN CRAFT
MEMBERS OF THE ACTING COMMITTEE:
N.W. 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 _viâ_ 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 _viâ_
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
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