The Underground Railroad (Illustrated Edition). William Still

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       William Still

      The Underground Railroad (Illustrated Edition)

      Authentic Life Narratives of America's Unsung Heroes and Heroines Who Dared to Dream of Freedom

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      2017 OK Publishing

      ISBN 978-80-272-2553-8

Table of Contents

       PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION

       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

       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 "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

       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

       HENRY PREDO BROKE JAIL, JUMPED OUT OF THE WINDOW AND MADE HIS ESCAPE

       DANIEL HUGHES

       THOMAS ELLIOTT

       MARY