. 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 . DR. BARTHOLOMEW FUSSELL. See p. 605. ROBERT PURVia. Seep. 711 STATION MASTERS ON THE ROAD. WILLIAM WRIGHT, 691 WILLIAM WRIGHT. MEMORIAL. William Wright, a distinguished abolitionist of Adams county, Penn-sylvania, was born on the
. 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 . DR. BARTHOLOMEW FUSSELL. See p. 605. ROBERT PURVia. Seep. 711 STATION MASTERS ON THE ROAD. WILLIAM WRIGHT, 691 WILLIAM WRIGHT. MEMORIAL. William Wright, a distinguished abolitionist of Adams county, Penn-sylvania, was born on the 21st of December, 1788. Various circumstancesconspired to make this unassuming Quaker an earnest Abolitionist andchampion of the oppressed in every land and of every nationality and uncle, Benjamin Wright, and cousin, Samuel B. Wright, were activemembers of the old Pennsylvania Abolition Society, and at the time of theemancipation of the slaves in this state were often engaged in lawsuits m-ithslave-holders to compel them to release their bondmen, according to therequirements of the law. William Wright grew up under the influence ofthe teachings of these relatives. Joined to this, his location caused him totake an extraordinary interest in Underground Rail Road affairs. Helived near the foot of the southern slope of the South Mountain, a spur ofthe
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