Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . > ^ >-> 00 (/2. (382) Anti-Slavery Movement in Columbiana County 383 A committee was appointed to board the train whenit arrived. On this committee were Henry B. Blackwell,of Cincinnati, and a colored man of Salem. The latterwas chosen because it was assumed that the slave girlwould be frightened and that she would have confidencein one of her own color. The crowd at the depot had been growing and ex-citement had reached a high pitch when the 6 oclocktrain pulled in. Some of the citizens engaged the con-ductor in conversation while the com
Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . > ^ >-> 00 (/2. (382) Anti-Slavery Movement in Columbiana County 383 A committee was appointed to board the train whenit arrived. On this committee were Henry B. Blackwell,of Cincinnati, and a colored man of Salem. The latterwas chosen because it was assumed that the slave girlwould be frightened and that she would have confidencein one of her own color. The crowd at the depot had been growing and ex-citement had reached a high pitch when the 6 oclocktrain pulled in. Some of the citizens engaged the con-ductor in conversation while the committee entered thecoach and soon located the slave. She was a child, evi-dently about twelve years of age. In answer to a directquestion from a member of the committee, Do youdesire to be free? the child answered, Yes. The girls master and mistress objected to any inter-ference with their property, insisting that she belongedto them and was on her way to Tennessee. ThereuponMr. Blackwell informed them that the child was legallyfree, lifted her bodily from the seat,
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