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Identifier: historyofundergr00cock (find matches)
Title: History of the Underground railroad as it was conducted by the Anti-slavery league; including many thrilling encounters between those aiding the slaves to escape and those trying to recapture them
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Cockrum, William Monroe, 1837-1924
Subjects: Underground Railroad -- Indiana Fugitive slaves -- United States Antislavery movements -- United States
Publisher: Oakland City, Ind., Press of J.W. Cockrum Printing Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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e of the women that was to feed the dogs whowas to remain near the kennel and after waitingtwo hours, if there was any show of life, he was togive another dose. Jeff with seven negroes got to the meetingplace about ten oclock at night and found threeguards waiting for them. In a short time theywere on the march for the Ohio river which theycrossed only a short time before daylight. The guards were aiming to get to a largethicket about 10 miles from the river, but theyfound that it would be broad day light before theycould get that far. They came to a large corn-field and decided to risk that for a hiding place.It was a long day and they had at least ten milesto go before they came to Ira Caswells which wasthe first station where they could get anything toeat. It was near nine oclock at night when theymet Mr. Caswell near his barn. He told themthat they must be careful as there were two menfrom Boonville who had been seen twice that dayjust north of his farm. They were enquiring for 80
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DR. JOHN W. POSEY. A Member of the Executive Committee of the Anti-Slaverjr League, whose coal-bank at Petersburg was a resting; place for hundreds of run-away negroes. CRAZY JEFF LEWIS stray horses. These men were notorious fortheir escapade in trying to capture run away ne-groes for the reward offered, and it was said thatthose same two fellows had kidnapped a youngfree negro and was trying to get him over theOhio river to take him south. Fortunately theywere defeated by two Kentucky women who hadowned the mother of the boy and had freed herand the boy when he was two years old. Thewoman made the thieves give the boy into theirkeeping and took him to Evansville. About elevenoclock that night the seven negroes, Mr. Caswell,and the three guards, got into Mr. HilFs corn-field that went up to his barn. Mr. Caswell wentto the house and notified Mr. Hill the condition ofthings, Mr. Hill said that there were three menhunting runaway negroes in Lynnville nearly allthat afternoon and they le

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