William Still - The Underground Railroad (Complete Collection)

William Still

Narratives, Testimonies & Letters: The True Story of Hundreds of Slaves Who Escaped to Freedom

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Table of Contents

PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION

SETH CONCKLIN

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM REV. N.R. JOHNSTON

LETTERS FROM LEVI COFFIN

McKIERNON'S LETTER

WM. STILL'S ANSWER

THE SEPARATION

UNDERGROUND RAIL ROAD LETTERS

LETTER FROM THOMAS GARRETT (U.G.R.R. DEPOT)

LETTER FROM MISS G.A. LEWIS (U.G.R.R. DEPOT)

LETTER FROM E.L. STEVENS, ESQ

LETTER FROM S.H. GAY, ESQ., EX-EDITOR OF THE ANTI-SLAVERY STANDARD AND NEW YORK TRIBUNE

LETTER FROM JOHN H. HILL, A FUGITIVE, APPEALING IN BEHALF OF A POOR SLAVE IN PETERSBURG, VA

LETTER FROM J. BIGELOW, ESQ

LETTER FROM HAM & EGGS, SLAVE (U.G.R.R. AG'T)

LETTER FROM REV H. WILSON (U.G.R.R. AG'T)

LETTER FROM SHERIDAN FORD, IN DISTRESS

LETTER FROM E.F. PENNYPACKER (U.G.R.R. DEPOT)

LETTER FROM JOS. C. BUSTILL (U.G.R.R. DEPOT)

LETTER FROM A SLAVE SECRETED IN RICHMOND

LETTER FROM G.S. NELSON (U.G.R.R. DEPOT)

LETTER FROM JOHN THOMPSON

LETTER FROM "WM. PENN" (OF THE BAR)

LETTER FROM MISS THEODOCIA GILBERT

WILLIAM PEEL, ALIAS WILLIAM BOX PEEL JONES ARRIVED PER ERRICSON LINE OF STEAMERS, WRAPPED IN STRAW AND BOXED UP, APRIL, 1859

DEATH OF ROMULUS HALL — NEW NAME GEORGE WEEMS

JAMES MERCER, WM. H. GILLIAM, AND JOHN CLAYTON STOWED AWAY IN A HOT BERTH

LETTER FROM MRS. L.E. WHITE

LETTER FROM WILLIAM HENRY GILLIAM

JAMES MERCER'S LETTER

JOHN H. HILL'S LETTER

CLARISSA DAVIS ARRIVED DRESSED IN MALE ATTIRE

ANTHONY BLOW, ALIAS HENRY LEVISON SECRETED TEN MONTHS BEFORE STARTING — EIGHT DAYS STOWED AWAY ON A STEAMER BOUND FOR PHILADELPHIA

PERRY JOHNSON, OF ELKTON, MARYLAND EYE KNOCKED OUT, ETC

ISAAC FORMAN, WILLIAM DAVIS, AND WILLIS REDICK HEARTS FULL OF JOY FOR FREEDOM — VERY ANXIOUS FOR WIVES IN SLAVERY

EXTRACT OF LETTER FROM ISAAC FORMAN

WILLIS REDICK

WILLIAM DAVIS

JOSEPH HENRY CAMP THE AUCTION BLOCK IS DEFEATED AND A SLAVE TRADER LOSES FOURTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS

SHERIDAN FORD SECRETED IN THE WOODS — ESCAPES IN A STEAMER

JOSEPH KNEELAND, ALIAS JOSEPH HULSON

EX-PRESIDENT TYLER'S HOUSEHOLD LOSES AN ARISTOCRATIC "ARTICLE"

EDWARD MORGAN, HENRY JOHNSON, JAMES AND STEPHEN BUTLER

HENRY PREDO BROKE JAIL, JUMPED OUT OF THE WINDOW AND MADE HIS ESCAPE

DANIEL HUGHES

THOMAS ELLIOTT

MARY EPPS, ALIAS EMMA BROWN — JOSEPH AND ROBERT ROBINSON A SLAVE MOTHER LOSES HER SPEECH AT THE SALE OF HER CHILD — BOB ESCAPES FROM HIS MASTER, A TRADER, WITH $1500 IN NORTH CAROLINA MONEY

GEORGE SOLOMON, DANIEL NEALL, BENJAMIN R. FLETCHER AND MARIA DORSEY

HENRY BOX BROWN ARRIVED BY ADAMS' EXPRESS

TRIAL OF THE EMANCIPATORS OF COL. J.H. WHEELER'S SLAVES, JANE JOHNSON AND HER TWO LITTLE BOYS

THE ARRIVALS OF A SINGLE MONTH SIXTY PASSENGERS CAME IN ONE MONTH — TWENTY-EIGHT IN ONE ARRIVAL — GREAT PANIC AND INDIGNATION MEETING — INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE FROM MASTERS AND FUGITIVES

SAMUEL PATTISON'S LETTER

INTERESTING LETTER FROM ISRAEL

LETTER FROM JOHN AUGUSTA

LETTER FROM MISS G. LEWIS ABOUT A PORTION OF THE SAME "MEMORABLE TWENTY-EIGHT"

A SLAVE GIRL'S NARRATIVE CORDELIA LONEY, SLAVE OF MRS. JOSEPH CAHELL (WIDOW OF THE LATE HON. JOSEPH CAHELL, OF VA.), OF FREDERICKSBURG, VA. — CORDELIA'S ESCAPE FROM HER MISTRESS IN PHILADELPHIA

ARRIVAL OF JACKSON, ISAAC AND EDMONDSON TURNER FROM PETERSBURG TOUCHING SCENE ON MEETING THEIR OLD BLIND FATHER AT THE U.G.R.R. DEPOT

ROBERT BROWN, ALIAS THOMAS JONES CROSSING THE RIVER ON HORSEBACK IN THE NIGHT

ANTHONY LONEY, ALIAS WILLIAM ARMSTEAD

CORNELIUS SCOTT

SAMUEL WILLIAMS, ALIAS JOHN WILLIAMS

BARNABY GRIGBY, ALIAS JOHN BOYER, AND MARY ELIZABETH, HIS WIFE; FRANK WANZER, ALIAS ROBERT SCOTT; EMILY FOSTER, ALIAS ANN WOOD (TWO OTHERS WHO STARTED WITH THEM WERE CAPTURED)

WILLIAM JORDON, ALIAS WILLIAM PRICE

JOSEPH GRANT AND JOHN SPEAKS TWO PASSENGERS ON THE UNDERGROUND RAIL ROAD, VIA LIVERPOOL

WILLIAM N. TAYLOR

LOUISA BROWN

JACOB WATERS AND ALFRED GOULDEN

ARRIVAL FROM BALTIMORE JEFFERSON PIPKINS, ALIAS DAVID JONES, LOUISA PIPKINS, ELIZABETH BRIT, HARRIET BROWN, ALIAS JANE WOOTON, GRACY MURRY, ALIAS SOPHIA SIMS, EDWARD WILLIAMS, ALIAS HENRY JOHNSON, CHAS. LEE, ALIAS THOMAS BUSHIER

SEVERAL ARRIVALS FROM DIFFERENT PLACES

ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND JEREMIAH W. SMITH AND WIFE JULIA

EIGHT ARRIVALS: JAMES MASSEY, PERRY HENRY TRUSTY, GEORGE RHOADS, JAMES RHOADS, GEORGE WASHINGTON, SARAH ELIZABETH RHOADS AND CHILD, MARY ELIZABETH STEVENSON

CHARLES THOMPSON, CARRIER OF "THE NATIONAL AMERICAN," OFF FOR CANADA

BLOOD FLOWED FREELY ABRAM GALLOWAY AND RICHARD EDEN, TWO PASSENGERS SECRETED IN A VESSEL LOADED WITH SPIRITS OF TURPENTINE. SHROUDS PREPARED TO PREVENT BEING SMOKED TO DEATH

JOHN PETTIFOOT

EMANUEL T. WHITE

THE ESCAPE OF A CHILD FOURTEEN MONTHS OLD

ESCAPE OF A YOUNG SLAVE MOTHER LEFT HER LITTLE BABY-BOY, LITTLE GIRL AND HUSBAND BEHIND

SAMUEL W. JOHNSON ARRIVAL FROM THE "DAILY DISPATCH" OFFICE

FAMILY FROM BALTIMORE

ELIJAH HILTON FROM RICHMOND

SOLOMON BROWN ARRIVED PER CITY OF RICHMOND

WILLIAM HOGG, ALIAS JOHN SMITH TRAVELER FROM MARYLAND

TWO FEMALE PASSENGERS FROM MARYLAND

CAPTAIN F. AND THE MAYOR OF NORFOLK TWENTY-ONE PASSENGERS SECRETED IN A BOAT. NOVEMBER, 1855

ARRIVALS FROM DIFFERENT PLACES

"FLEEING GIRL OF FIFTEEN," IN MALE ATTIRE

LETTER FROM J. BIGELOW, ESQ

SECOND LETTER FROM LAWYER BIGELOW

LETTER FROM THE MOTHER

LETTERS FROM WILLIAM PENN

FIVE YEARS AND ONE MONTH SECRETED

ESCAPE OF JOHN HENRY HILL FROM THE SLAVE AUCTION IN RICHMOND, ON THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, 1853

FIRST LETTER ON ARRIVING IN CANADA

SECOND LETTER

THIRD LETTER

FOURTH LETTER

FIFTH LETTER

SIXTH LETTER

SEVENTH LETTER

EIGHTH LETTER

NINTH LETTER

TENTH LETTER

ELEVENTH LETTER

TWELFTH LETTER

THIRTEENTH LETTER

THE ESCAPE OF HEZEKIAH HILL (UNCLE OF JOHN HENRY HILL)

JAMES — (BROTHER OF JOHN HENRY HILL)

FROM VIRGINIA, MARYLAND AND DELAWARE

ARCHER BARLOW, ALIAS EMIT ROBINS

SAMUEL BUSH, ALIAS WILLIAM OBLEBEE

JOHN SPENCER AND HIS SON WILLIAM, AND JAMES ALBERT

HETTY SCOTT ALIAS MARGARET DUNCANS AND DAUGHTER PRISCILLA

ROBERT FISHER

HANSEL WAPLES

ROSE ANNA TONNELL ALIAS MARIA HYDE

MARY ENNIS ALIAS LICIA HEMMIN

"SAM," "ISAAC," "PERRY," "CHARLES," AND "GREEN"

FROM RICHMOND AND NORFOLK, VA

WILLIAM B. WHITE, SUSAN BROOKS AND WILLIAM HENRY ATKINS. — STOWED AWAY IN THE STEAMSHIP CITY OF RICHMOND

SUSAN BROOKS

WILLIAM HENRY ATKINS

FOUR ARRIVALS

FROM VIRGINIA, MARYLAND, DELAWARE, NORTH CAROLINA, WASHINGTON, D.C., AND SOUTH CAROLINA

CHARLES GILBERT

LIBERTY OR DEATH

SALT-WATER FUGITIVE

FULL PARTICULARS OF THE ABDUCTION, ENSLAVING AND ESCAPE OF DAVIS. ATTEMPT TO SEDUCE HIM TO SLAVERY AGAIN

COPY OF FIRST ORDER OF COMMITMENT

COPY OF DISCHARGE

COPY OF ORDER OF RE-COMMITMENT

SAMUEL GREEN ALIAS WESLEY KINNARD, AUGUST 28th, 1854 TEN YEARS IN THE PENITENTIARY FOR HAVING A COPY OF UNCLE TOM'S CABIN

AN IRISH GIRL'S DEVOTION TO FREEDOM

FIRST LETTER

SECOND LETTER