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Title: The underground rail road : 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
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Still, William, 1821-1902 Smith, Louise A., former owner Eaton, J.W., former owner Cornish, E., former owner
Subjects: Underground railroad Fugitive slaves Antislavery movements
Publisher: Philadelphia : Porter & Coates
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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, but times continue dull. I also deeply regret the excitement recently on theaccount of those slaves, you will favor me by keeping me posted upon the subject. Thosewords written to slaveholder is the thought of one who had sufferd, and now I thought ita duty incumbent upon me to cry aloud and spare not, &c., by sending these few lineswhere the slaveholder may hear. You will still further oblige your humble servant also,to correct any inaccuracy. My respects to you and your family and all inquiring friends.Your friend and well wisher, Edmund Turnee. The then impending judgments seen by an eye of faith as set forth in this Warning/ soon fell with crushing weight upon the oppressor, and Slaverydied. But the old blind father of Jackson, Isaac and Edmondson, stilllives and may be seen daily on the streets of Philadelphia; and though halt, and lame, and blind, and poor, doubtless resulting from his earlyoppression, he can thank God and rejoice that he has lived to see Slaveryabolished.
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BOBEBT BROWN. 121 ROBERT BROWN, alias THOMAS JONES. CROSSING THE EIVER ON HORSEBACK IN THE NIGHT. In very desperate straits many new inventions were sought after bydeep-thinking and resolute slaves, determined to be free at any cost. Butit must here be admitted, that, in looking carefully over the more perilousmethods resorted to, Robert Brown, alias Thomas Jones, stands secondto none, with regard to deeds of bold daring. This hero escaped fromMartinsburg, Va., in 1856. He was a man of medium size, mulatto, aboutthirty-eight years of age, could read and write, and was naturally sharp-witted. He had formerly been owned by Col. John F. Franic, whomRobert charged with various offences of a serious domestic character. Furthermore, he also alleged, that his mistress was cruel to all theslaves, declaring that they (the slaves), could not live with her, that she had to hire servants, etc. In order to effect his escape, Robert was obliged to swim the Potomacriver on horseback, on Christmas ni

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