. 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 . uj), and was soon followed by Elijah Lewis,another Friend, a merchant, in Coo[)orvillc, both gentlemen highly esteemedas worthy and peaceable citizens. As they Ciime up, Kline, the deputymarshal, ordered them to aid him, as a Uni
. 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 . uj), and was soon followed by Elijah Lewis,another Friend, a merchant, in Coo[)orvillc, both gentlemen highly esteemedas worthy and peaceable citizens. As they Ciime up, Kline, the deputymarshal, ordered them to aid him, as a United States officer, to capture thefugitive slaves. They refused of course, as woidd any man not utterly desti-tute of honor, humanity, and moral principle, and warned the iissallants thatit was madness for them to attempt to capture fugitive slaves there, or evento remain, and begged them if they wished to save their own lives, to leavethe ground, Kline replied, Do you really think so? Yes, was theanswer, the sooner you leave, the better, if you would prevent then left the ground, retiring into a very safe distance into a corn-field, and towarti the woods. The blacks were so exasperated by his threats,that, but for the Interposition of the two Avhite Friends, it is very doui)tfuiwhether he would have escaped without injury. Messrs. Ilanaway and. V^^^^^
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