Still The Underground Railroad

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-7528-5001-7
Verlag: BoD - Books on Demand
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 1479 Seiten

Like millions of my race, my mother and father were born slaves, but were not contented to live and die so. My father purchased himself in early manhood by hard toil. Mother saw no way for herself and children to escape the horrors of bondage but by flight. Bravely, with her four little ones, with firm faith in God and an ardent desire to be free, she forsook the prison-house, and succeeded, through the aid of my father, to reach a free State. Here life had to be begun anew. The old familiar slave names had to be changed, and others, for prudential reasons, had to be found. This was not hard work. However, hardly months had passed ere the keen scent of the slave-hunters had trailed them to where they had fancied themselves secure. In those days all power was in the hands of the oppressor, and the capture of a slave mother and her children was attended with no great difficulty other than the crushing of freedom in the breast of the victims. Without judge or jury, all were hurried back to wear the yoke again. But back this mother was resolved never to stay. She only wanted another opportunity to again strike for freedom. In a few months after being carried back, with only two of her little ones, she took her heart in her hand and her babes in her arms, and this trial was a success. Freedom was gained, although not without the sad loss of her two older children, whom she had to leave behind. Mother and father were again reunited in freedom, while two of their little boys were in slavery. What to do for them other than weep and pray, were questions unanswerable.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Still, William

Leseproben

The Underground Railroad

1. The Underground Railroad
2. PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION.
3. SETH CONCKLIN.
4. LETTERS FROM LEVI COFFIN.
5. WM. STILL'S ANSWER.
6. UNDERGROUND RAIL ROAD LETTERS.
7. LETTER FROM MISS G.A. LEWIS (U.G.R.R. DEPOT).
8. LETTER FROM JOHN H. HILL, A FUGITIVE, APPEALING IN BEHALF OF A POOR SLAVE IN PETERSBURG, VA.
9. LETTER FROM HAM & EGGS, SLAVE (U.G.R.R. AG'T).
10. LETTER FROM SHERIDAN FORD, IN DISTRESS.
11. LETTER FROM JOS. C. BUSTILL (U.G.R.R. DEPOT).
12. LETTER FROM G.S. NELSON (U.G.R.R. DEPOT).
13. LETTER FROM JOHN THOMPSON, A FUGITIVE, TO HIS MOTHER.
14. LETTER FROM MISS THEODOCIA GILBERT.
15. ARRIVED PER ERRICSON LINE OF STEAMERS, WRAPPED IN STRAW AND BOXED UP,
16. DEATH OF ROMULUS HALL—NEW NAME GEORGE WEEMS.
17. STOWED AWAY IN A HOT BERTH.
18. LETTER FROM WILLIAM HENRY GILLIAM.
19. JOHN H. HILL'S LETTER.
20. ARRIVED DRESSED IN MALE ATTIRE.
21. SECRETED TEN MONTHS BEFORE STARTING—EIGHT DAYS STOWED AWAY ON A STEAMER BOUND FOR PHILADELPHIA.
22. EYE KNOCKED OUT, ETC.
23. HEARTS FULL OF JOY FOR FREEDOM—VERY ANXIOUS FOR WIVES IN SLAVERY.
24. SECOND LETTER.
25. WILLIAM DAVIS.
26. THE AUCTION BLOCK IS DEFEATED AND A SLAVE TRADER LOSES FOURTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS.
27. SECRETED IN THE WOODS—ESCAPES IN A STEAMER.
28. EX-PRESIDENT TYLER'S HOUSEHOLD LOSES AN ARISTOCRATIC "ARTICLE."
29. FROM THE UNDERGROUND RAIL ROAD RECORDS.
30. BROKE JAIL, JUMPED OUT OF THE WINDOW AND MADE HIS ESCAPE.
31. THOMAS ELLIOTT.
32. A SLAVE MOTHER LOSES HER SPEECH AT THE SALE OF HER CHILD—BOB ESCAPES FROM HIS MASTER, A TRADER, WITH $1500 IN NORTH CAROLINA MONEY.
33. HENRY BOX BROWN.
34. THE DELIVERER OF BOX BROWN—MEETING OF THE COLORED CITIZENS OF PHILADELPHIA.
35. LETTER COPIED FROM THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE.
36. SAMUEL PATTISON'S LETTER.
37. LETTER FROM JOHN AUGUSTA.
38. A SLAVE GIRL'S NARRATIVE.
39. TOUCHING SCENE ON MEETING THEIR OLD BLIND FATHER AT THE U.G.R.R. DEPOT.
40. A WARNING TO SLAVE-HOLDERS.
41. CROSSING THE RIVER ON HORSEBACK IN THE NIGHT.
42. CORNELIUS SCOTT.
43. BARNABY GRIGBY, ALIAS JOHN BOYER, AND MARY ELIZABETH, HIS WIFE; FRANK WANZER, ALIAS ROBERT SCOTT; EMILY FOSTER, ALIAS ANN WOOD.
44. WILLIAM JORDON, ALIAS WILLIAM PRICE
45. TWO PASSENGERS ON THE UNDERGROUND RAIL ROAD, VIA LIVERPOOL.
46. LOUISA BROWN.
47. ARRIVAL FROM BALTIMORE.
48. SEVERAL ARRIVALS FROM DIFFERENT PLACES.
49. JEREMIAH W. SMITH AND WIFE JULIA.
50. JAMES MASSEY, PERRY HENRY TRUSTY, GEORGE RHOADS, JAMES RHOADS, GEORGE WASHINGTON, SARAH ELIZABETH RHOADS AND CHILD, MARY ELIZABETH STEVENSON.
51. CARRIER OF "THE NATIONAL AMERICAN," OFF FOR CANADA.
52. JOHN PETTIFOOT.
53. THE ESCAPE OF A CHILD FOURTEEN MONTHS OLD.
54. LETTERS FROM E.L. STEVENS.
55. LEFT HER LITTLE BABY-BOY, LITTLE GIRL AND HUSBAND BEHIND.
56. ARRIVAL FROM THE "DAILY DISPATCH" OFFICE.
57. FAMILY FROM BALTIMORE.
58. FROM RICHMOND.
59. ARRIVED PER CITY OF RICHMOND.
60. TRAVELER FROM MARYLAND.
61. CAPTAIN F. AND THE MAYOR OF NORFOLK.
62. ARRIVALS FROM DIFFERENT PLACES.
63. LETTER FROM J. BIGELOW, ESQ.
64. FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD!
65. LETTER FROM THE MOTHER.
66. FIVE YEARS AND ONE MONTH SECRETED.
67. FIRST LETTER
68. SECOND LETTER.
69. FOURTH LETTER.
70. SIXTH LETTER.
71. EIGHTH LETTER.
72. TENTH LETTER.
73. TWELFTH LETTER.
74. THE ESCAPE OF HEZEKIAH HILL.
75. JAMES—(BROTHER OF JOHN HENRY HILL).
76. ARCHER BARLOW, ALIAS EMIT ROBINS.
77. JOHN SPENCER AND HIS SON WILLIAM, AND JAMES ALBERT.
78. ROBERT FISHER.
79. ROSE ANNA TONNELL ALIAS MARIA HYDE.
80. "SAM," "ISAAC," "PERRY," "CHARLES," AND "GREEN."
81. WILLIAM B. WHITE, SUSAN BROOKS AND WILLIAM HENRY ATKINS.—STOWED AWAY IN THE STEAMSHIP CITY OF RICHMOND.
82. WILLIAM HENRY ATKINS.
83. SECOND LETTER.
84. FROM VIRGINIA, MARYLAND, DELAWARE, NORTH CAROLINA, WASHINGTON, D.C., AND SOUTH CAROLINA.
85. LIBERTY OR DEATH.
86. FULL PARTICULARS OF THE ABDUCTION, ENSLAVING AND ESCAPE OF DAVIS. ATTEMPT TO SEDUCE HIM TO SLAVERY AGAIN.
87. COPY OF DISCHARGE.
88. SAMUEL GREEN ALIAS WESLEY KINNARD, AUGUST 28th, 1854.
89. AN IRISH GIRL'S DEVOTION TO FREEDOM.
90. SECOND LETTER.
91. FOURTH LETTER.
92. LETTER FROM A. GOODWIN.
93. HEAVY REWARD.
94. THE PROTECTION OF SLAVE PROPERTY IN VIRGINIA.
95. ESCAPING IN A CHEST.
96. MONTHS IN A CAVE,—SHOT BY SLAVE-HUNTERS.
97. ARRIVAL OF FIVE FROM THE EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND.
98. DEEP FURROWS ON THE BACK.
99. "PETE MATTHEWS," ALIAS SAMUEL SPARROWS.
100. "MOSES" ARRIVES WITH SIX PASSENGERS.
101. ESCAPED FROM "A WORTHLESS SOT."
102. WILLIAM BUTCHER, ALIAS WILLIAM T. MITCHELL.
103. "WHITE ENOUGH TO PASS."
104. HARRIET SHEPHARD, AND HER FIVE CHILDREN, WITH FIVE OTHER PASSENGERS.
105. WASHINGTON SOMLOR, ALIAS JAMES MOORE.
106. SUNDRY ARRIVALS.
107. SUNDRY ARRIVALS ABOUT JANUARY FIRST, 1855.
108. SLAVE-HOLDER IN MARYLAND WITH THREE COLORED WIVES.
109. CAPTAIN F. ARRIVES WITH NINE PASSENGERS.
110. OWEN AND OTHO TAYLOR'S FLIGHT WITH HORSES, ETC.
111. HEAVY REWARD.
112. NAMES OF THE "ARTICLES."
113. PART OF THE ARRIVALS IN DECEMBER, 1855.
114. "AN ACT RESPECTING FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE, AND PERSONS ESCAPING FROM THE SERVICE OF THEIR MASTERS."
115. "TREASON AT CHRISTIANA."
116. COPY OF THE INDICTMENT.
117. FEMALE SLAVE IN MALE ATTIRE, FLEEING AS A PLANTER, WITH HER HUSBAND AS HER BODY SERVANT.
118. ARRIVALS FROM RICHMOND.
119. ...