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The Underground Railroad

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THE AUTHOR

PETER STILL—"THE KIDNAPPED AND THE RANSOMED"

CHARITY STILL TWICE ESCAPED FROM SLAVERY

DESPERATE CONFLICT IN A BARN

DEATH OF ROMULUS HALL

RESURRECTION OF HENRY BOX BROWN

RESCUE OF JANE JOHNSON AND HER CHILDREN

PASSMORE WILLIAMSON

JANE JOHNSON

ESCAPING FROM PORTSMOUTH, VA

TWENTY-EIGHT FUGITIVES ESCAPING FROM EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND

ESCAPING FROM ALABAMA ON TOP OF A CAR

THE RIVER ON HORSEBACK IN THE NIGHT

A BOLD STROKE FOR FREEDOM—CONTEST WITH FIRE-ARMS

ABRAM GALLOWAY

THE MAYOR AND POLICE OF NORFOLK SEARCHING CAPTAIN FOUNTAIN'S SCHOONER

MARIA WEEMS ESCAPING AS JO WRIGHT

JOHN HENRY HILL

DRY-GOODS MERCHANT SEARCHING THE CARS

ESCAPE WITH A LADY, AS HER COACHMAN, WITH MASTER'S HORSE AND CARRIAGE

SIX ON TWO HORSES

UP A TREE

SAMUEL GREEN SENTENCED TO THE PENITENTIARY FOR TEN YEARS FOR HAVING A COPY OF "UNCLE TOM'S CABIN" IN HIS HOUSE

LEAR GREEN ESCAPING IN A CHEST

ESCAPE OF ELEVEN PASSENGERS FROM MARYLAND IN TWO CARRIAGES

THE CHRISTIANA TRAGEDY

WILLIAM AND ELLEN CRAFT

MEMBERS OF THE ACTING COMMITTEE: N.W. DEPEE JACOB C. WHITE CHARLES WISE EDWIN H. COATES

KNIFING HIS VICTIM

LIVING IN A HOLLOW TREE

IN A CAVE

A NARROW ESCAPE

SUSPENDED BY THE HANDS WITH BLOCK AND TACKLE

CROSSING THE BAY

BREAKING HIM IN

MOTHER ESCAPING WITH SEVEN CHILDREN

FIGHT IN CHESAPEAKE BAY

JOHN W. DUNGEE

MARY MILBURN (SECRETED IN A BOX)

HEAVY WEIGHTS—ARRIVAL OF A PARTY AT LEAGUE ISLAND

SKETCHES AND PORTRAITS OF STATION-MASTERS, PROMINENT ANTI-SLAVERY MEN, AND SUPPORTERS OF THE U.G.R.R.: ABIGAIL GOODWIN THOMAS GARRETT DANIEL GIBBONS LUCRETIA MOTT J. MILLER M'KIM WILLIAM H. FURNESS WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON LEWIS TAPPAN ELIJAH F. PENNYPACKER WILLIAM WRIGHT DR. BARTHOLOMEW FUSSELL ROBERT PURVIS JOHN HUNN SAMUEL RHOADS WILLIAM WHIPPER SAMUEL D. BURRIS CHARLES D. CLEVELAND GRACE ANNA LEWIS MRS. FRANCES E.W. HARPER JOHN NEEDLES

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