The Underground Railroad

William Still

Description

While working for the Underground Railroad and helped escaped slaves to safety, William Still kept meticulous records. These notes originally were used to help reconnect families and document history, but Still later used these records to create The Underground Railroad, telling the stories of the disenfranchised. Said to have helped nearly eight-hundred slaves, Still depicts their stories of heartbreak, narrow escapes, and oppression.

Not only was Still a conductor of the Underground Railroad, but also was the child of a woman who braved the unknown, fought for her own freedom, and escaped life as a slave. The Underground Railroad uses first-hand accounts of the harsh conditions of slavery, and the lengths slaves had to go to for freedom.

The Underground Railroad by William Still is a work of historical nonfiction meant for all. The collection of vivid, personal stories serves as an excellent education of antebellum America directly from one of its witnesses. The underground railroad was among the most selfless acts of activism, fueled by the kindness and compassion by Americans who wanted the best for their peers. Still’s honest and raw gives readers direct access to the experiences of those who used the system and reclaimed their freedom. Witness the close encounters, joyful reunions, and incredible bravery of the slaves and activists that defended the American right of freedom for all.

Brought back into the light and revived with easy-to-read print, and an eye-catching design, William Still’sThe Underground Railroad is a reminder of both a heinous injustice of America’s past and the triumph of the activism and bravery that overcame it.

Sujets

• Political
• Lettres et linguistique
• Biography
• Autobiography
• Black

Informations

• Publié par: Mint Editions
• Date de parution: 29 novembre 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781513266947
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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The Underground Railroad
William Still
 
The Underground Railroad was first published in 1872.
This edition published by Mint Editions 2020.
ISBN 9781513266503 | E-ISBN 9781513266947
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C ONTENTS A UTHOR ’ S N OTE S ETH C ONCKLIN U NDERGROUND R AILROAD L ETTERS From Thomas Garrett—G.A. Lewis—E.L. Stevens—Sydney Howard Gay—John Henry Hill—J. Bigelowe—Ham and Eggs—Rev. H. Wilson—Sheridan Ford—E.F. Pennypacker—J.C. Bustill—Slave Secreted in Richmond—G.S. Nelson—John Thompson—Wm. Penn W ILLIAM B OX P EEL J ONES Came Boxed Up viâ Erricson Line of Steamers W ESLEY H ARRIS , ALIAS R OBERT J ACKSON , C RAVEN M ATTERSON AND T WO B ROTHERS C LARISSA D AVIS Arrived in Male Attire A NTHONY B LOW , ALIAS H ENRY L EVISON Secreted Ten Months—Eight Days on the Steamship City of Richmond Bound for Philadelphia P ERRY J OHNSON , OF E LKTON , M ARYLAND Eye Knocked Out I SAAC F ORMAN , W ILLIAM D AVIS AND W ILLIS R EDICK Hearts Full of Joy for Freedom—Very Anxious for Wives in Slavery J OSEPH H ENRY C AMP Sold, the Day He Escaped, for Fourteen Hundred Dollars—Slave Trader Loses His Bargain S HERIDAN F ORD Secreted in the Woods—Escapes in a Steamer J OSEPH K NEELAND , ALIAS J OSEPH H ULSON Young Master had a “Malignant Spirit” E X -P RESIDENT T YLER ’ S H OUSEHOLD L OSES A N A RISTOCRATIC “A RTICLE ” E DWARD M ORGAN , H ENRY J OHNSON , J AMES AND S TEPHEN B UTLER “Two Thousand Dollars Reward” Offered H ENRY P REDO Daniel Hughes, Thomas Elliott, and Five Others Betrayed into Dover Jail M ARY E PPS , ALIAS E MMA B ROWN , J OSEPH AND R OBERT R OBINSON A Slave Mother Loses Her Speech at the Sale of her Child… Bob Escapes from His Master, a Trader, with Fifteen Hundred Dollars in North Carolina Money G EORGE S OLOMON , D ANIEL N EALL , B ENJAMIN R. F LETCHER AND M ARIA D ORSEY H ENRY B OX B ROWN Arrived by Adams, Express T RIAL OF THE E MANCIPATORS OF C OL . J.H. W HEELER ’ S S LAVES , J ANE J OHNSON AND HER T WO L ITTLE B OYS T HE A RRIVALS OF A S INGLE M ONTH Sixty Passengers came in One Month—Twenty-Eight in One Arrival—Great Panic and Indignation Meeting—Interesting Correspondence from Masters and Fugitives A S LAVE G IRL ’ S N ARRATIVE Cordelia Loney, Slave of Mrs. Joseph Cahell, (Widow of the late Hon. Joseph Cahell, of Virginia)—Cordelia’s Escape from Her Mistress in Philadelphia A RRIVAL OF J ACKSON , I SAAC AND E DMONDSON T URNER FROM P ETERSBURG Touching Scene on Meeting their Old Blind Father at the U.G.R.R. Depot R OBERT B ROWN , ALIAS T HOMAS J ONES Crossing the River on Horseback in the Night A NTHONY L ONEY , ALIAS W ILLIAM A RMSTEAD C ORNELIUS S COTT S AMUEL W ILLIAMS , ALIAS J OHN W ILLIAMS B ARNABY G RIGBY , ALIAS J OHN B OYER , AND M ARY E LIZABETH , HIS W IFE ; F RANK W ANZER , ALIAS R OBERT S COTT ; E MILY F OSTER ALIAS A NN W OOD W ILLIAM J ORDAN , ALIAS W ILLIAM P RICE J OSEPH G RANT AND J OHN S PEAKS Two Passengers viâ Liverpool W ILLIAM N. T AYLOR “One Hundred Dollars Reward” L OUISA B ROWN J ACOB W ATERS AND A LFRED G OULDEN A RRIVAL FROM B ALTIMORE Jefferson Pipkins alias David Jones, Louisa Pipkins, Elizabeth Brit, Harriet Brown, alias Jane Wooton, Gracy Murry alias Sophia Sims, Edward Williams alias Henry Johnson, Charles Lee alias Thomas Bushier S EVERAL A RRIVALS FROM D IFFERENT P LACES Henry Anderson, Charles and Margaret Congo, Chaskey Brown, William Henry Washington, James Alfred Frisley, Charles Henry Salter, Stephen Taylor, Charles Brown, Charles H. Hollis, Luther Dorsey A RRIVAL FROM R ICHMOND Jeremiah W. Smith and wife Julia E IGHT A RRIVALS James Massey, Perry Henry Trusty, George Rhoads, James Rhoads, George Washington, Sarah Elizabeth Rhoads, and Child, Mary Elizabeth Stephenson C HARLES T HOMPSON Carrier of “The National American” B LOOD F LOWED F REELY Abram Galloway and Richard Eden—Secreted in a Vessel Loaded with Spirits of Turpentine—Shrouds Prepared to Prevent Being Smoked to Death—Abram a Soldier Under Father Abraham—Senator of North Carolina J OHN P ETTIFOOT “One Hundred Dollars Reward” Offered—McHenry and McCulloch Anxious About John E MANUEL T. W HITE “Would Rather Fight than Eat” T HE E SCAPE OF A C HILD F OURTEEN M ONTHS O LD Letter from “J.B.”—Letters from E.L. Stevens… Great Anxiety and Care E SCAPE OF A Y OUNG S LAVE M OTHER Baby, Little Girl and Husband left Behind—Three Hundred Dollars Reward Offered S AMUEL W. J OHNSON Arrival from the Richmond Daily Dispatch Office—“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” Turned Sam’s Brain—Affecting Letters F AMILY FROM B ALTIMORE Stephen Amos alias Henry Johnson, Harriet alias Mary Jane Johnson, and Their Four children, Ann Rebecca, William H., Elizabeth and Mary Ellen E LIJAH H ILTON From Richmond—“Five Hundred Dollars Reward” Offered by R.J. Christian… Grateful Letter from Canada S OLOMON B ROWN Arrived per City of Richmond—Letter from Canada Containing Expressions of Gratitude W ILLIAM H OGG , ALIAS J OHN S MITH Traveler from Maryland—William was Much Troubled About His Wife Left Behind—Letter from Canada T WO F EMALE P ASSENGERS FROM M ARYLAND Ann Johnson and Lavina Woolfley Sold—Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire C APTAIN F. AND THE M AYOR OF N ORFOLK Twenty-One Passengers Secreted in Captain Fountain’s Boat—Mayor and Posse of Officers on the Boat Searching for U.G.R.R. Passengers A RRIVALS FROM D IFFERENT P LACES Matilda Mahoney—Dr. J.W. Pennington’s Brother and Sons—Great Adventure to Deliver a Lover F LEEING G IRL OF F IFTEEN IN M ALE A TTIRE Ann Maria Weems alias Joe Wright—Great Triumph—Arrival on Thanksgiving Day—Interesting Letters from J. Bigelow F IVE Y EARS AND O NE M ONTH S ECRETED John Henry, Hezekiah and James Hill F ROM V IRGINIA , M ARYLAND AND D ELAWARE Archer Barlow, alias Emet Robins—Samuel Bush alias William Oblebee—John Spencer and His Son William and James Albert—Robert Fisher—Nathan Harris—Hansel Waples—Rosanna Tonnell, alias Maria Hyde—Mary Ennis alias Licia Hemmit and two Children—Lydia and Louisa Caroline S AM , I SAAC , P ERRY , C HARLES AND G REEN “One Thousand Dollars Reward” F ROM R ICHMOND AND N ORFOLK , V A William B. White, Susan Brooks, and Wm. Henry Atkinson F OUR A RRIVALS Charlotte and Harriet Escape in Deep Mourning—White Lady and Child with a Colored Coachman—Three likely Young Men from Baltimore—Four Large and Two Small Hams—U.G.R.R. Passengers Travelling with their Master’s Horses and Carriage—Six Passengers on Two Horses, &c F ROM V IRGINIA , M ARYLAND , D ELAWARE , N ORTH C AROLINA , W ASHINGTON , D.C. AND S OUTH C AROLINA C HARLES G ILBERT Fleeing from Davis, a Negro Trader—Secreted Under a Hotel—Up a Tree—Under a Floor—In a Thicket—On a Steamer L IBERTY OR D EATH Jim Bowlegs, alias Bill Paul S ALT -W ATER F UGITIVE S AMUEL G REEN ALIAS W ESLEY K INNARD Ten Years in the Penitentiary for Having a Copy of Uncle Tom’s Cabin in His House A N I RISH G IRL ’ S D EVOTION TO F REEDOM In Love with a Slave—Gets Him Off to Canada—Follows him—Marriage, &c “S AM ” N IXON ALIAS D R . T HOMAS B AYNE The Escape of a Dentist on the U.G.R.R. &c S UNDRY A RRIVALS From Loudoun County, Va., Norfolk, Baltimore, Md., Petersburg, Va., &c H EAVY R EWARD “Two Thousand Six Hundred Dollars Reward” Offered S LAVE -T RADER H ALL IS F OILED Robert McCoy alias William Donar, and Elizabeth Sanders, Arrived per Steamer T HE P ROTECTION OF S LAVE P ROPERTY IN V IRGINIA A Bill Providing Additional Protection for the Slave Property of Citizens of this Commonwealth E SCAPING IN A C HEST “One Hundred and Fifty Dollars Reward”—Lear Green I SAAC W ILLIAMS , H ENRY B ANKS , AND K IT N ICKLESS A RRIVAL OF F IVE FROM THE E ASTERN S HORE OF M ARYLAND Cyrus Mitchell alias John Steel, Joshua Handy alias Hambleton Hamby, Charles Button alias William Robinson, Ephraim Hudson alias John Spry, Francis Molock alias Thomas Jackson S UNDRY A RRIVALS , A BOUT A UGUST 1 ST , 1855 Francis Hilliard and Others D EEP F URROWS ON THE B ACK Thomas Madden P ETER M ATHEWS , ALIAS S AMUEL S PARROWS “I Might as Well be in the Penitentiary as in Slavery.” “M OSES ” A RRIVES WITH S IX P ASSENGERS E SCAPED FROM “A W ORTHLESS S OT ” John Atkinson W ILLIAM B UTCHER , ALIAS W M . T. M TCHELL “He was Abuseful” “W HITE E NOUGH T O P ASS ” E IGHT AND A H ALF M ONTHS S ECRETED Washington Somlor alias James Moore A RTHUR F OWLER , ALIAS B ENJAMIN J OHNSON S UNDRY A RRIVALS About the 1st of June, 1855—Emory Roberts and others S UNDRY A RRIVALS ABOUT J ANUARY 1 ST , 1855 Verenea Mercer and Others S LAVE -H OLDER IN M ARYLAND WITH T HREE C OLORED W IVES James Griffin alias Thomas Brown C APTAIN F. A RRIVES W ITH N INE P ASSENGERS Names of Passengers O WEN AND O THO T AYLOR ’ S F LIGHT W ITH H ORSES , ETC H EAVY R EWARD Three Hundred Dollars Reward—“Tom” Gone C APT . F. A RRIVES WITH F OURTEEN “P RIME A RTICLES ” ON B OARD S UNDRY A RRIVALS , L ATTER P ART OF D ECEMBER , 1855, AND B EGINNING OF J ANUARY , 1856 Joseph Cornish and Others P ART OF THE A RRIVALS IN D ECEMBER , 1855 Thomas J. Gooseberry and Others T HE F UGITIVE S LAVE B ILL OF 1850 “An Act Respecting Fugitives from Justice, and Persons Escaping from the Services of their Masters.” T HE S LAVE H UNTING T RAGEDY IN L ANCASTER C OUNTY , IN S EPTEMBER , 1851 “Treason at Christiana” W ILLIAM AND E LLEN C RAFT Female Slave in Male Attire, Fleeing as a Planter, with Her Husband as Her Body Servant A RRIVALS FROM R ICHMOND Lewis Cobb and Nancy Brister P ASSENGERS FROM N ORTH C AROLINA , [B Y S CHOONER .] Major Latham, William Wilson, Henry Goram, Wiley Madison, and Andrew Shepherd T HOMAS C LINTON , S AUNEY P RY AND B ENJAMIN D UCKET Passed Over the U.G.R.R. in the Fall of 1856 A RRIVALS IN A PRIL , 1856 Charles Hall and Others F IVE FROM G EORGETOWN C ROSS -R OADS Mother and Child from Norfolk, Va., &c P ASSENGERS FROM M ARYLAND William Henry M OODY , B ELINDA B IVANS , &c A RRIVAL FROM M ARYLAND A RRIVAL FR