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Title: The underground rail road : a record of facts, authentic narratives, letters, &c., narrating the hardships, hair-breadth escapes, and death struggles of the slaves in their efforts for freedom, as related by themselves and others or witnessed by the author : together with sketches of some of the largest stockholders and most liberal aiders and advisers of the road
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Still, William, 1821-1902 Smith, Louise A., former owner Eaton, J.W., former owner Cornish, E., former owner
Subjects: Underground railroad Fugitive slaves Antislavery movements
Publisher: Philadelphia : Porter & Coates
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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river awaiting the arrival of a small boat which had been engaged to rowthem to the schooner. Although they had sought as they supposed a safeplace, sufficiently far from the bounds usually traversed by the police; still,in the darkness, they imagined they heard watchmen coming. Just on theedge of the river, opposite where they were waiting, a boat underrepairs was in the stocks. In order to evade the advancing foe, theyall marched into the river, the water being shallow, and with t\\Q vesselfor a breastwork hiding them from the shore, there they remained for anhour and a half. They were thoroughly soaked if nothing more. However,about ten oclock a small oyster boat came to their relief, and all were soonplaced aboard the schooner, which was loaded with corn, etc. All, withthe exception of the large woman above referred to, and one other female,were required to enter a hole apparently leading through the bottom ofthe boat, but in reality only a department which had been expressly con-
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ARRIVAL OF FIFTEEN FROM NORFOLK, VA. 561 structed for the Underground Rail Road business, at the expense of thecaptain, and in accordance with his own plan. The entrance was not sufficiently large to admit Mrs. Walker, so she withanother female who was thought too fat to endure the close confinement,was secreted behind some corn back of the cabin, a place so secluded thatnone save well-experienced searchers would be likely to find it. In thisway the Captain put out to sea. After some fifteen hours he deemed it safeto bring his passengers up on deck where they could inhale pure air whichwas greatly needed, as they had been next-door to suffocation and death.The change of air had such an effect on one of the passengers (Scott) that,in his excitement, he refused to conform to the orders required; for prudentialreasons the Captain, threatened to throw him over-board. WhereuponScott lowered his tone. Before reaching the lock the Captain supposing thatthey might be in danger from contact wi

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