. The underground rail road. A record of facts, authentic narratives, letters, &c., narrating the hardships, hairbreadth escapes and death struggles of the slaves in their efforts for freedom . dwith his mistress, so far as her treatment of him was concerned ; thus, compa-ratively, he was hai)py and contented, little dreaming of trader or achange of owners. One day, to his utter surprise, he saw a trader with aconstable approaching him. As they drew nearer and nearer he began togrow nervous. What further took place will be given, as nearly as possible,in Alfreds own words as follows : William
. The underground rail road. A record of facts, authentic narratives, letters, &c., narrating the hardships, hairbreadth escapes and death struggles of the slaves in their efforts for freedom . dwith his mistress, so far as her treatment of him was concerned ; thus, compa-ratively, he was hai)py and contented, little dreaming of trader or achange of owners. One day, to his utter surprise, he saw a trader with aconstable approaching him. As they drew nearer and nearer he began togrow nervous. What further took place will be given, as nearly as possible,in Alfreds own words as follows : William Noland (a constable), and the trader was making rigiit up to mealmost on my heels, and grab])ed at me, they were so near. I flew, I tookoff my liat and run, took off my jacket and run harder, took olf my vestand doubled my pace, the constable and the trader both on the chase hotfoot. The trader fired two barrels of his revolver after me, and cried outas loud as he could call, G-d d-n, etc., but I never stopped running, butrun for my ma-ster. Coming up to him, I cried out, Lord, master, haveyou sold me ? Yes, was his answer. To the trader, I said. Yes/ he ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1858. 453. answered. Why couldnt you sold me to some of the neighbors ? I said. I dont know, he said, in a dry way. With my arms around my masters neck, I begged and prayed him to tell me why he had sold me. The trader and constable was again pretty near. I let go my master and took to my heels to save me. I run about a mile off and run into a mill dam up to my head in water. I kept my head just above and hid the rest part of my body for more than two hours. I had not made up my mind to escape until I had got into the water. I run only to have little more time to- breathe before going to Georgia or New Orleans; but I pretty soon made up my mind in the Mater to try and get to a free State, and go to Canada and make the trial anyhow, but I didnt know which way to travel. Such great changes in Alfreds prospe
Size: 1382px × 1808px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, booksubjectundergr, bookyear1872
