Sketches in the History of the Underground Railroad
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Pettit, Eber M.) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
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Excerpt from Sketches in the History of the Underground Railroad: Comprising Many Thrilling Incidents of the Escape of Fugitives From Slavery, and the Perils of Those Who Aided Them The Escape of Jim and his Companions - Night Meetings among the Slaves - An Angry Southerner in Fredonia; Blacksmith Henry - Works his way from New Orleans to Baltimore - Writes his own Pass and gets on to Springville, N. Y. - Falls into Good Hands and gets Safely Through - Some Account of his Early Life - A Christian Lady in Kentucky - A Preacher in a Tight Place; Joe and Rosa - Sold - The Escape - They reach the Southern Terminus of the U. G. R. R. - Danger Signals - The Quaker Friend - The Master on the track - Outwitted by the Quaker - Safe in Wilberforce Colony; Cassey Escapes from Baltimore - Returns for her Child - Escapes again in Sailor Costume - Eludes the Slave Catcher, Cathcart - Goes to Canada - Returns to Niagara Falls, N. Y. - The Slave Catcher finds her - A Long Ride and how it came out - An Intelligent Irishman - What Margaret did for him; Tom Hawkins - Negroes and Poor Whites in Kentucky - Tom runs his own train - Sells his shirt to pay his fare at the Ferry - Is born into God´s free air almost as naked as he was born into Slavery - His Modesty, Industry, Intelligence and Prosperity; William and Margaret - Seventy Years Old and Determined to be Free - Half Brother to a U. S. Senator Argument in a R. R. car; An old time missionary at the South - Speaks his Mind but Loses his Shirts - The Slaveholder´s Penitent Letter About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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