The Mayor and Police of Norfolk Searching Capt. Fountain’s Schooner for runaway slaves. From William Still's 1872 account "The Underground Railroad"

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The Mayor and Police of Norfolk Searching Capt. Fountain’s Schooner for runaway slaves. From abolitionist William Still's 1872 account "The Underground Railroad Records." Illustration by Edmund Birckhead Bensell.

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