. 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 . ? jiulgmonts seen by an eye of fliith as set forth in this \yarninjj;, soon fell with criisliin<r wei,<;ht upon the oppressor, and Slavery(lied. But the old blind father of Jackson, Isa;ic and , stilllives and maybe seen daily on tlie streets of Philadelphia; and though halt, and lame, and blind, and poor, doubtless resulting from his , he can thank God and rejoice that h
. 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 . ? jiulgmonts seen by an eye of fliith as set forth in this \yarninjj;, soon fell with criisliin<r wei,<;ht upon the oppressor, and Slavery(lied. But the old blind father of Jackson, Isa;ic and , stilllives and maybe seen daily on tlie streets of Philadelphia; and though halt, and lame, and blind, and poor, doubtless resulting from his , he can thank God and rejoice that he has lived to see ROBERT BROWN, 121 ROBERT BROWN, alias THOMAS JONES. CROSSING THE RIVER ON HORSEBACK IN THE NIGHT. In very desperate straits many new inventions were sought after bydeep-thinking and resolute slaves, determined to be free at any cost. Butit must here be admitted, that, in looking carefully over the more perilousmethods resorted to, Robert Brown, alias Thomas Jones, stands secondto none, with regard to deeds of bold daring. This hero escaped fromMartinsburg, Va., in 1856. He was a man of medium size, mulatto, aboutthirty-eight years of age, could read and write, and was naturally sharp-witted. He had formerly been owned by Col. John F. Franic, whomRobert charged with various offences of a serious domestic character. Furthermore, he also alleged, that his mistress was cruel to all theslaves, declaring that they (the slaves), could not live with her, that she had to hire servants, etc. In order to effect his escape, Robert was obliged to swim the Potomacriver on horseback, on Christmas ni
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