. The underground rail road [electronic resource]: 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 . theriver 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 he tounds usually traversed by t
. The underground rail road [electronic resource]: 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 . theriver 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 he tounds usually traversed by the police; stil,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 the 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 fen 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-. ft ►4 Hfc>0 • f- « £ -l < s w ARRIVAL OF FIFTEEN FROM NORFOLK, VA. 501 strucfced 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 thiswav the Captain put out to sea. After some fifteen hours he deemed it safeto brin<r his passengers up on deck wh
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