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| UNDERGROUND RAILROAD | 3 |
| EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM REV. N.R. JOHNSTON. | 14 |
| McKIERNON’S LETTER. | 16 |
| THE SEPARATION. | 20 |
| UNDERGROUND RAIL ROAD LETTERS. | 21 |
| LETTER FROM THOMAS GARRETT (U.G.R.R. DEPOT). | 22 |
| LETTER FROM MISS G.A. LEWIS (U.G.R.R. DEPOT). | 22 |
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| LETTER FROM J. BIGELOW, ESQ. | 24 |
| LETTER FROM HAM & EGGS, SLAVE (U.G.R.R. AG’T). | 25 |
| LETTER FROM REV H. WILSON (U.G.R.R. AG’T). | 25 |
| LETTER FROM SHERIDAN FORD, IN DISTRESS. | 26 |
| LETTER FROM E.F. PENNYPACKER (U.G.R.R. DEPOT). | 26 |
| LETTER FROM JOS. C. BUSTILL (U.G.R.R. DEPOT). | 27 |
| LETTER FROM A SLAVE SECRETED IN RICHMOND. | 27 |
| LETTER FROM G.S. NELSON (U.G.R.R. DEPOT). | 27 |
| LETTER FROM JOHN THOMPSON. | 28 |
| LETTER FROM JOHN THOMPSON, A FUGITIVE, TO HIS MOTHER. | 28 |
| LETTER FROM “WM. PENN” (OF THE BAR). | 28 |
| LETTER FROM MISS THEODOCIA GILBERT. | 29 |
| ARRIVED PER ERRICSON LINE OF STEAMERS, WRAPPED IN STRAW AND BOXED UP, | 30 |
| WESLEY HARRIS,[A] ALIAS ROBERT JACKSON, AND THE MATTERSON BROTHERS. | 32 |
| DEATH OF ROMULUS HALL—NEW NAME GEORGE WEEMS. | 35 |
| JAMES MERCER, WM. H. GILLIAM, AND JOHN CLAYTON. | 38 |
| LETTER FROM MRS. L.E. WHITE. | 40 |
| LETTER FROM WILLIAM HENRY GILLIAM. | 42 |
| JAMES MERCER’S LETTER. | 42 |
| CLARISSA DAVIS. | 44 |
| ANTHONY BLOW, ALIAS HENRY LEVISON. | 46 |
| PERRY JOHNSON, OF ELKTON, MARYLAND. | 48 |
| ISAAC FORMAN, WILLIAM DAVIS, AND WILLIS REDICK. | 49 |
| EXTRACT OF LETTER FROM ISAAC FORMAN. | 49 |
| SECOND LETTER. | 50 |
| WILLIAM DAVIS. | 51 |
| JOSEPH HENRY CAMP. | 51 |
| SHERIDAN FORD. | 52 |
| JOSEPH KNEELAND, ALIAS JOSEPH HULSON. | 53 |
| EX-PRESIDENT TYLER’S HOUSEHOLD LOSES AN ARISTOCRATIC “ARTICLE.” | 54 |
| EDWARD MORGAN, HENRY JOHNSON, JAMES AND STEPHEN BUTLER. | 55 |
| HENRY PREDO. | 57 |
| DANIEL HUGHES. | 57 |
| THOMAS ELLIOTT. | 58 |
| MARY EPPS, ALIAS EMMA BROWN—JOSEPH AND ROBERT ROBINSON. | 59 |
| GEORGE SOLOMON, DANIEL NEALL, BENJAMIN R. FLETCHER AND MARIA DORSEY. | 63 |
| HENRY BOX BROWN. | 66 |
| 69 |
| 71 |
| LETTER COPIED FROM THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE. | 72 |
| THE ARRIVALS OF A SINGLE MONTH. | 82 |
| SAMUEL PATTISON’S LETTER. | 87 |
| INTERESTING LETTER FROM ISRAEL. | 91 |
| LETTER FROM JOHN AUGUSTA. | 96 |
| 97 |
| A SLAVE GIRL’S NARRATIVE. | 98 |
| ARRIVAL OF JACKSON, ISAAC AND EDMONDSON TURNER FROM PETERSBURG. | 103 |
| LETTERS AND WARNING TO SLAVEHOLDERS. | 103 |
| A WARNING TO SLAVE-HOLDERS. | 106 |
| ROBERT BROWN, ALIAS THOMAS JONES. | 107 |
| ANTHONY LONEY, ALIAS WILLIAM ARMSTEAD. | 108 |
| CORNELIUS SCOTT. | 109 |
| SAMUEL WILLIAMS, ALIAS JOHN WILLIAMS. | 109 |
| 110 |
| WILLIAM JORDON, ALIAS WILLIAM PRICE | 115 |
| JOSEPH GRANT AND JOHN SPEAKS. | 117 |
| WILLIAM N. TAYLOR. | 120 |
| LOUISA BROWN. | 121 |
| JACOB WATERS AND ALFRED GOULDEN. | 121 |
| ARRIVAL FROM BALTIMORE. | 121 |
| LETTER FROM JEFFERSON PIPKINS. | 122 |
| ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND. | 126 |
| EIGHT ARRIVALS: | 128 |
| CHARLES THOMPSON, | 131 |
| BLOOD FLOWED FREELY. | 135 |
| JOHN PETTIFOOT. | 138 |
| EMANUEL T. WHITE. | 139 |
| THE ESCAPE OF A CHILD FOURTEEN MONTHS OLD. | 140 |
| LETTER FROM “J.B.” | 140 |
| LETTERS FROM E.L. STEVENS. | 141 |
| ESCAPE OF A YOUNG SLAVE MOTHER. | 143 |
| SAMUEL W. JOHNSON. | 144 |
| LETTER FROM SAMUEL W. JOHNSON TO HIS WIFE. | 145 |
| FAMILY FROM BALTIMORE. | 146 |
| ELIJAH HILTON. | 147 |
| SOLOMON BROWN. | 149 |
| WILLIAM HOGG, ALIAS JOHN SMITH. | 149 |
| TWO FEMALE PASSENGERS FEOM MARYLAND. | 150 |
| CAPTAIN F. AND THE MAYOR OF NORFOLK. | 151 |
| ARRIVALS FROM DIFFERENT PLACES. | 157 |
| LETTER FROM J. BIGELOW, ESQ. | 162 |
| SECOND LETTER FROM LAWYER BIGELOW. | 164 |
| LETTER FROM THE MOTHER. | 173 |
| LETTERS FROM WILLIAM PENN. | 174 |
| 178 |
| FIRST LETTER | 179 |
| SECOND LETTER. | 180 |
| THIRD LETTER. | 181 |
| FOURTH LETTER. | 182 |
| FIFTH LETTER. | 184 |
| SIXTH LETTER. | 185 |
| SEVENTH LETTER. | 185 |
| EIGHTH LETTER. | 186 |
| NINTH LETTER. | 187 |
| TENTH LETTER. | 188 |
| ELEVENTH LETTER. | 189 |
| TWELFTH LETTER. | 189 |
| THIRTEENTH LETTER. | 190 |
| THE ESCAPE OF HEZEKIAH HILL. | 190 |
| JAMES—(BROTHER OF JOHN HENRY HILL). | 192 |
| FROM VIRGINIA, MARYLAND AND DELAWARE. | 193 |
| SAMUEL BUSH, ALIAS WILLIAM OBLEBEE. | 194 |
| JOHN SPENCER AND HIS SON WILLIAM, AND JAMES ALBERT. | 194 |
| HETTY SCOTT ALIAS MARGARET DUNCANS AND DAUGHTER PRISCILLA. | 195 |
| ROBERT FISHER. | 195 |
| HANSEL WAPLES. | 196 |
| ROSE ANNA TONNELL ALIAS MARIA HYDE. | 196 |
| MARY ENNIS ALIAS LICIA HEMMIN. | 197 |
| FROM RICHMOND AND NORFOLK, VA. | 200 |
| SUSAN BROOKS. | 201 |
| WILLIAM HENRY ATKINS. | 202 |
| FOUR ARRIVALS. | 203 |
| SECOND LETTER. | 210 |
| THIRD LETTER. | 211 |
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| CHARLES GILBERT. | 224 |
| LIBERTY OR DEATH. | 228 |
| SALT-WATER FUGITIVE. | 230 |
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| COPY OF DISCHARGE. | 233 |
| TEN YEARS IN THE PENITENTIARY FOR HAVING A COPY OF UNCLE TOM’S CABIN. | 234 |
| AN IRISH GIRL’S DEVOTION TO FREEDOM. | 238 |
| FIRST LETTER. | 239 |
| THIRD LETTER. | 240 |
| LETTER FROM A. GOODWIN. | 244 |
| SUNDRY ARRIVALS | 248 |
| HEAVY REWARD. | 261 |
| SLAVE TRADER HALL IS FOILED. | 262 |
| ESCAPING IN A CHEST. | 270 |
| ISAAC WILLIAMS, HENRY BANKS, AND KIT NICKLESS. | 272 |
| SEPTEMBER 28, 1856. | 274 |
| SUNDRY ARRIVALS, ABOUT AUGUST 1ST, 1855. | 276 |
| DEEP FURROWS ON THE BACK. | 282 |
| THOMAS GARRETT’S LETTER. | 284 |
| ESCAPED FROM “A WORTHLESS SOT.” | 287 |
| WILLIAM BUTCHER, ALIAS WILLIAM T. MITCHELL. | 289 |
| HARRIET SHEPHARD, AND HER FIVE CHILDREN, WITH FIVE OTHER PASSENGERS. | 290 |
| EIGHT AND A HALF MONTHS SECRETED. | 291 |
| ARTHUR FOWLER, ALIAS BENJAMIN JOHNSON. | 292 |
| SUNDRY ARRIVALS. | 293 |
| SUNDRY ARRIVALS ABOUT JANUARY FIRST, 1855. | 296 |
| SLAVE-HOLDER IN MARYLAND WITH THREE COLORED WIVES. | 301 |
| CAPTAIN F. ARRIVES WITH NINE PASSENGERS. | 302 |
| OWEN AND OTHO TAYLOR’S FLIGHT WITH HORSES, ETC. | 307 |
| HEAVY REWARD. | 311 |
| CAPTAIN F. ARRIVES WITH FOURTEEN “PRIME ARTICLES” ON BOARD. | 312 |
| NAMES OF THE “ARTICLES.” | 312 |
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| PART OF THE ARRIVALS IN DECEMBER, 1855. | 325 |
| THE FUGITIVE SLAVE BILL OF 1850. | 329 |
| THE SLAVE-HUNTING TRAGEDY IN LANCASTER COUNTY, IN SEPTEMBER, 1851. | 335 |
| THE LAW OF TREASON, AS LAID DOWN BY JUDGE KANE. | 344 |
| COPY OF THE INDICTMENT. | 349 |
| WILLIAM AND ELLEN CRAFT. | 355 |
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| ARRIVALS FROM RICHMOND. | 364 |
| PASSENGERS FROM NORTH CAROLINA. | 366 |
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| THOMAS CLINTON, SAUNEY PRY AND BENJAMIN DUCKET. | 368 |
| ARRIVALS IN APRIL, 1856. | 369 |
| FIVE FROM GEORGETOWN CROSS ROADS. | 373 |
| PASSENGERS FROM MARYLAND, 1857. | 375 |
| ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND. | 377 |
| ARRIVAL FROM UNIONVILLE, 1857. | 378 |
| ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1857. | 379 |
| ARRIVAL FROM CAMBRIDGE, 1857. | 380 |
| OLD JANE DAVIS—FLED TO ESCAPE THE AUCTION-BLOCK. | 380 |
| BENJAMIN ROSS, AND HIS WIFE HARRIET. | 381 |
| ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1857. | 382 |
| ARRIVAL FROM DELAWARE, 1857. | 383 |
| THE WIFE’S STATEMENT | 383 |
| ARRIVAL FROM ALEXANDRIA, 1857. | 384 |
| THE ACTING COMMITTEE | 386 |
| ARRIVAL FROM UNIONVILLE, 1857. | 387 |
| ARRIVAL FROM NEW ORLEANS, 1857. | 388 |
| ANOTHER SLAVE HUNT IN PHILADELPHIA. | 391 |
| ARRIVAL FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. | 392 |
| ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1857. | 394 |
| ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND. | 394 |
| ARRIVAL FROM GEORGETOWN CROSS-ROADS, 1857. | 395 |
| ARRIVAL FROM ALEXANDRIA. | 396 |
| ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND. | 396 |
| ARRIVAL FROM NORFOLK, VA. | 397 |
| ARRIVAL FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. | 398 |
| FOUR ABLE-BODIED “ARTICLES” IN ONE ARRIVAL, 1857. | 399 |
| ARRIVAL FROM ARLINGTON, MD. 1857. | 401 |
| FIVE PASSENGERS, 1857. | 403 |
| ARRIVAL FROM HOWARD CO., MD., 1857. | 403 |
| ARRIVAL FROM PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, MD. | 405 |
| ARRIVAL FROM RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY, 1857. | 405 |
| ARRIVAL FROM NORTH CAROLINA, 1857. | 406 |
| EDWARD LEWIS. | 409 |
| ALFRED HOLLON, GEORGE AND CHARLES N. RODGERS. | 411 |
| ARRIVAL FROM KENT COUNTY, 1857. | 412 |
| ARRIVAL FROM BALTIMORE COUNTY, 1857. | 413 |
| MARY COOPER AND MOSES ARMSTEAD, 1857. | 413 |
| ARRIVAL FROM NEAR WASHINGTON, D.C. | 413 |
| ARRIVAL FROM HARFORD CO., 1857. | 417 |
| ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1857. | 417 |
| ARRIVAL FROM NORFOLK, VA. 1857. | 418 |
| ARRIVAL FROM HOOPESVILLE, MD., 1857. | 420 |
| ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1858. | 421 |
| ARRIVAL FROM QUEEN ANN COUNTY, 1858. | 422 |
| ARRIVAL FROM BALTIMORE. | 423 |
| ARRIVAL FROM DUNWOODY COUNTY, 1858. | 423 |
| ARRIVED FROM ALEXANDRIA, VA., 1857. | 424 |
| ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1858. | 424 |
| ARRIVAL FROM PETERSBURG, 1858. | 425 |
| ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND. | 426 |
| ARRIVAL OF A PARTY OF SIX, 1858. | 426 |
| ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND, 1858. | 430 |
| ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND, 1858. | 431 |
| ARRIVAL FROM BALTIMORE, 1858. | 431 |
| ARRIVAL FROM HIGHTSTOWN, 1858. | 432 |
| ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1858. | 433 |
| ARRIVAL FROM BELLEAIR. | 434 |
| ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1858. | 436 |
| ARRIVAL FROM NEW MARKET, 1858. | 438 |
| ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1858. | 439 |
| ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND, 1858. | 440 |
| ARRIVAL FROM NORFOLK, VA., 1858. | 441 |
| ARRIVAL FROM NEAR BALTIMORE, 1858. | 442 |
| ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1858. | 443 |
| ARRIVAL FROM WASHINGTON, 1858. | 443 |
| ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1858. | 444 |
| ARRIVAL FROM THE OLD DOMINION. | 444 |
| ARRIVAL FROM DELAWARE, 1858. | 449 |
| ARRIVAL FROM DELAWARE, 1858. | 450 |
| ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1858. | 450 |
| ARRIVAL FROM NORTH CAROLINA AND DELAWARE. | 451 |
| ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND. | 452 |
| ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND. | 455 |
| SECOND LETTER FROM THOMAS GARRETT. | 456 |
| ARRIVAL FROM HONEY BROOK TOWNSHIP, 1858. | 457 |
| ARRIVAL FROM ALEXANDRIA, VA., 1858. | 457 |
| ARRIVAL FROM THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT. | 459 |
| CROSSING THE BAY IN A SKIFF. | 460 |
| ARRIVAL FROM KENT COUNTY, MD., 1858. | 463 |
| ARRIVAL FROM WASHINGTON, 1858. | 464 |
| ARRIVAL FROM CECIL COUNTY, 1858. | 465 |
| ARRIVAL FROM GEORGETOWN, D.C., 1858. | 465 |
| ARRIVAL FROM SUSSEX COUNTY, 1858. | 466 |
| SUNDRY ARRIVALS IN 1859. | 469 |
| ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND, 1859. | 471 |
| ARRIVAL FROM DELAWARE, 1858. | 472 |
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| ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND, 1859. | 474 |
| ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1859. | 476 |
| SUNDRY ARRIVALS, 1859. | 477 |
| ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1859. | 480 |
| ARRIVAL FROM DELAWARE, 1859. | 480 |
| ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1859. | 481 |
| SUNDRY ARRIVALS FROM MARYLAND (1859) | 481 |
| ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND, 1859. | 483 |
| ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND. | 484 |
| ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, VIRGINIA, AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. | 485 |
| SUNDRY ARRIVALS FROM MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA. | 486 |
| ARRIVAL FROM SEAFORD, 1859. | 487 |
| ARRIVAL FROM TAPPS’ NECK, MD., 1859. | 488 |
| ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1859. | 489 |
| SUNDRY ARRIVALS FROM VIRGINIA, MARYLAND AND DELAWARE. | 491 |
| ARRIVAL FROM DIFFERENT POINTS. | 492 |
| SUNDRY ARRIVALS FROM MARYLAND, 1860. | 496 |
| ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1860. | 497 |
| 497 |
| ARRIVAL FROM BALTIMORE, 1860. | 499 |
| ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND. | 500 |
| ARRIVAL FROM FREDERICKSBURG, 1860. | 501 |
| SUNDRY ARRIVALS FROM MARYLAND, 1860. | 502 |
| CROSSING THE BAY IN A BATTEAU. | 504 |
| ARRIVAL FROM DORCHESTER CO., 1860. | 506 |
| ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1860. | 507 |
| TWELVE MONTHS IN THE WOODS, 1860. | 507 |
| ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND. | 508 |
| A SLAVE CATCHER CAUGHT IN HIS OWN TRAP. | 509 |
| ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND, 1858. | 511 |
| ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND, 1859. | 514 |
| ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND. | 516 |
| ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1854. | 531 |
| ARRIVAL FROM NORFOLK. | 533 |
| ARRIVAL OF FIFTEEN FROM NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. | 534 |
| THE CASE OF EUPHEMIA WILLIAMS, | 541 |
| THE OVERSEER IS NOW EXAMINED. | 545 |
| HELPERS AND SYMPATHIZERS AT HOME AND ABROAD—INTERESTING LETTERS. | 558 |
| PAMPHLET, AND LETTERS | 567 |
| TO THE FRIENDS OF THE SLAVE. | 567 |
| WOMAN ESCAPING IN A BOX, 1857. | 583 |
| ORGANIZATION OF THE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE. | 585 |
| PORTRAITS AND SKETCHES. | 587 |
| ABIGAIL GOODWIN. | 591 |
| FAITHFUL WORKERS IN THE CAUSE. | 596 |
| THOMAS GARRETT. | 596 |
| THE TRIAL OF THE CASES, 1848. | 604 |
| FOUR OF GOD’S POOR. | 613 |
| FOUR FEMALES ON BOARD. | 614 |
| DANIEL GIBBONS. | 615 |
| LUCRETIA MOTT. | 623 |
| JAMES MILLER McKIM. | 628 |
| EMINENT ANTI-SLAVERY MEN | 632 |
| WILLIAM H. FURNESS, D.D. | 633 |
| WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON. | 639 |
| SPEECH OF MR. BRIGHT, M.P. | 642 |
| SPEECH OF THE DUKE OF ARGYLL. | 646 |
| SPEECH OF MR. GARRISON. | 650 |
| ELIJAH F. PENNYPACKER, | 662 |
| STATION MASTERS ON THE ROAD. | 665 |
| WILLIAM WRIGHT. | 665 |
| DR. BARTHOLOMEW FUSSELL. | 669 |
| THOMAS SHIPLEY.[A] | 672 |
| THOMAS SHIPLEY, | 683 |
| BY JOHN G. WHITTIER. | 684 |
| JOHN HUNN. | 685 |
| 688 |
| BY JOHN HUNN. | 689 |
| OFFICERS OF THE ROAD. | 692 |
| SAMUEL RHOADS | 693 |
| GEORGE CORSON | 695 |
| CHARLES D. CLEVELAND. | 697 |
| OUR OBJECT. | 702 |
| WILLIAM WHIPPER. | 710 |
| ISAAC T. HOPPER. | 715 |
| SAMUEL D. BURRIS, | 721 |
| MARIANN, GRACE ANNA, AND ELIZABETH R. LEWIS. | 723 |
| EARNEST IN THE CAUSE. | 723 |
| CUNNINGHAM’S RACHE. | 729 |
| FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER. | 730 |
| CHRISTIANITY. | 731 |
| LETTER TO JOHN BROWN’S WIFE. | 738 |
| TO THE UNION SAVERS OF CLEVELAND. | 740 |
| FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT. | 746 |
| PRIVATE LECTURES TO FREEDWOMEN. | 749 |
| A LECTURE. | 753 |
| THE END. | 759 |
| PREFACE, 1-6. | 759 |
| CONTENTS, 9-21. | 760 |
| WHAT HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT IT | 780 |
| THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, | 787 |
| PEOPLE’S PUBLISHING CO., | 790 |