. 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 . ed that it was not too late toflog the secret out of some of the slaves. Accordingly, he selected a youngslave man for his victim, and flogged him so cruelly that he could scarcelywalk or stand, and to keep from being actually ki
. 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 . ed that it was not too late toflog the secret out of some of the slaves. Accordingly, he selected a youngslave man for his victim, and flogged him so cruelly that he could scarcelywalk or stand, and to keep from being actually killed, the boy told an un-truth, and confessed that he and his Uncle Henry killed Webster, the over-seer ; whereupon the poor fellow was sent to jail to be tried for his life. But Abram did not wait to hear the verdict. He reached the Committeesafely in this city, in advance of his companion, and Avas furnished with afree ticket and other needed assistance, and was sent on his way reaching his destination, he wrote back to know how his friend andcoiiipanion (George) was getting along; but in less tiian three weeks after hehad passed, the following l)rief story reveals the sad fate of poor RomulusHall, who had journeyed with him till exhausted from hunger and badlyfrost-bitten. A few days after his younger companion had passed on North, Iloraulus. ROMULUS HALL. 63 was brought by a pitying stranger to the Vigilance Committee, in a mostshocking condition. The frost had made sad havoc with his feet and legs,so much so that all sense of feeling had departed therefrom. How he ever reached this city is a marvel. (Jn his arrival medical at-tention and other necessary comforts were provided by the Committee, whohoped with himself, that he would be restored with the loss of his toes one week he seemed to be improving; at the expiration of this time, how-ever, his symptoms changed, indicating not only the end of slavery, but alsothe end of all his earthly troubles
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