. 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 . ward. The ambitious Miles com-menced business in Chelsea, near Boston, where he purchased himself acomfortable home; and he has ever since been successfully engaged inthe sale of kerosene oil. Instead of seeking pleasure in the b
. 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 . ward. The ambitious Miles com-menced business in Chelsea, near Boston, where he purchased himself acomfortable home; and he has ever since been successfully engaged inthe sale of kerosene oil. Instead of seeking pleasure in the banjo, as he waswont to do in Virginia, he now finds delight in the Baptist Church, Grimes, of which he is a prominent member, and in other fields of use-fulness tending to elevate and better the condition of society generally. ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND. JOHN WILLIAM DUNGY.—BROUGHT A PASS FROM EX. GOV. GREGORY. He ought to be put in a cage and kept for a show, said Anna Brown,daughter of the hero, John Brown, at the house of the writer, where shehappened to meet the above named Underground Rail Road passenger. Hehad then just returned from Canada, after being a Refugee four years. Inthe mean time through the war and the Proclamation of Father Abraham thefetters had been torn from the limbs of the slave, and the way to Rich- 542 THE UNDEBOBOUND BAIL BO mond was open to all. JohnWilliam on this occasion wason his way thither to see howhis brethren together with theirold oppressors looked facingeach other as freemen. MissAnna Brown was en route toNorfolk, where she designedto teach a school of the un-fettered bondmen. The returnof the Refugee was as un-expected as it was had the cordial greet-ings of the writer and hisfamily ended and the daughterof Brown been introduced be-fore the writer was plying hisRefugee guest with a multiplicity of questions relative to his sojourn inCanada, etc. How have you been getting along in Canada ? Do you likethe count
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