. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. Samuel Osgood. ANTI-SLAVERY 137 lY in man. He prayed much about it; but what could he, awool merchant, do except to help the slaves along on the under-ground railroad, as othersdid? There was no sacri-fice that he would notn:ake. His family feltas strongly about slaveryas he did and on one occa-sion father, mother andchildren agreed that somemoney which was neededfor furnishing the parlorof the Franklin streethouse should be usedfor the runaway s
. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. Samuel Osgood. ANTI-SLAVERY 137 lY in man. He prayed much about it; but what could he, awool merchant, do except to help the slaves along on the under-ground railroad, as othersdid? There was no sacri-fice that he would notn:ake. His family feltas strongly about slaveryas he did and on one occa-sion father, mother andchildren agreed that somemoney which was neededfor furnishing the parlorof the Franklin streethouse should be usedfor the runaway 138 HISTORY OF SPRINGFIELD One evening there was an address by the eminent CharlesSumner, who, as senator from Massachusetts afterwards wasalmost killed on account of his speeches against the address Sumner and Brown went into the backstore of Rufus Elmer, a Main street shoe dealer and ardentabolitionist. They were talking of the slavery question, whenSumner said, Mr. Brown, slavery is doomed; but not inyour day or in mine. Brown, raising high his hand, broughtit down with decision, saying devoutly, I hope to God todie in the cause. Not long after he went to Kansas and engaged in thestruggle to make the new state a free state. He and his familyrisked their lives there and one of his sons was killed. Hebecame widely known as Ossawatomie Brown. He thenwent to Virginia and attempted to set in execution his plan tofree the slaves, by arming them with pikes. It failed and hewas hanged for treason against the commonwealth of Vir-ginia. But the country was stirred and this even
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