. 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 . The load brought rae to the ground, and I was unable tomake further struggle for myself. I was then badly beaten with guns, & the meantime, my friend Craven, who was defending himself, wasshot badly in the face, and most viol
. 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 . The load brought rae to the ground, and I was unable tomake further struggle for myself. I was then badly beaten with guns, & the meantime, my friend Craven, who was defending himself, wasshot badly in the face, and most violently beaten until he was conquered andtied. The two young brothei-s of Craven stood still, without making theleast resistance. After we were fairly captured, we were taken to Terry-town, which was in sight of where we were betrayed. By this time I hadlost so much blood from my wounds, that they concluded my situation wastoo dangerous to admit of being taken further; so I was made a prisoner ata tavern, kept by a man named Fisher. There my wounds Avere dressed,and thirty-two shot were taken from my arm. For three days I was crazy,and tlity thought I would die. During the first two weeks, while I was aprisoner at the tavern, I raised a great deal of blood, and was considered in avery dangerous condition—so much so that persons desiring to see me were not. EOMULUS HALL. gj permitted. Afterwards I began to get better, and was then kept very pri-vately—was strictly watched day and night. Occasionally, however thecook, a colored w<mian (]\Irs. Smith), would manage to get to see me. AlsoJames Matthews succeeded in getting to see me; consequently, as my woundshealed, and my senses came to me, I began to plan how to make anothereffort to escape. I asked one of the friends, alluded to above, to ••et me arope. He got it. I kept it about me four days in my pocket; in the mean-time I procured three nails. On Friday night, October 14th, I fastened mynails in under the window sill
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