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... should not be allowed to die with the times in which they lived . Many who had given largely of secret aid to the fugitive , had already passed away , and soon there would be none left but their descendants to tell of.
... should not be allowed to die with the times in which they lived . Many who had given largely of secret aid to the fugitive , had already passed away , and soon there would be none left but their descendants to tell of.
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... lived upon their lands at and around Wright's Ferry . In 1787 Samuel Wright , grandson of John Wright , Esq . , laid out the town of Columbia . The lots were disposed of by lottery and all sold , and many substan- tial persons from ...
... lived upon their lands at and around Wright's Ferry . In 1787 Samuel Wright , grandson of John Wright , Esq . , laid out the town of Columbia . The lots were disposed of by lottery and all sold , and many substan- tial persons from ...
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... lived a short dis- tance north of the suburbs . Thaddeus Stevens , as a young lawyer , first practising his profession , rendered valuable assistance . There was a very friendly feeling in Gettysburg towards the abolitionists . The ...
... lived a short dis- tance north of the suburbs . Thaddeus Stevens , as a young lawyer , first practising his profession , rendered valuable assistance . There was a very friendly feeling in Gettysburg towards the abolitionists . The ...
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... lived on the confines of what was then known as " The Forest , " in Robinson township , Berks county . This was prior to 1827. After that he sent many to Thomas Bonsall , Lindley Coates and others . He was very skillful in detecting the ...
... lived on the confines of what was then known as " The Forest , " in Robinson township , Berks county . This was prior to 1827. After that he sent many to Thomas Bonsall , Lindley Coates and others . He was very skillful in detecting the ...
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... lived and practised his profession near Strasburg , Lancaster county . His Underground Rail- road work began in 1840. He was physician in the family of Thomas Whitson , whose labors in that line of travel began about the same time ...
... lived and practised his profession near Strasburg , Lancaster county . His Underground Rail- road work began in 1840. He was physician in the family of Thomas Whitson , whose labors in that line of travel began about the same time ...
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abolitionists agents AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY Anti-Slavery Society arrest arrived asked assisted Baltimore barn Barnard Bartholomew Fussell Benjamin bondage Born Burleigh Canada capture carriage Chester county Christiana claimant colored woman Columbia Daniel Gibbons Dannaker daughter directions drove earnest Elijah F escape Esther Eusebius father freedom Fugitive Slave Law gave Hannah horses husband Isaac Jacob John Vickers Joseph Gibbons Kennett Kennett Square kidnappers Kimber knew Lancaster county liberty Lindley Coates lived married Mary Maryland master meeting Mendenhall miles morning mother Nathan Evans negroes neighborhood neighbors never nigger night Norristown Parker party passed Paxson Pennsylvania persons Philadelphia Pinkney pursuers residence returned road route safe Samuel Sarah sent slave-hunters slaveholders slavery Society of Friends sold South station taken thee Thomas Garrett Thomas Whitson thought tion told took township Underground Railroad wagon West Chester wife William Wright Wilmington
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Page 383 - Union ; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views. I have here stated my purpose according to my view of official duty ; and I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal...
Page 387 - I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be free ; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
Page 387 - And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.
Page 385 - That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free...
Page 386 - ... order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit : Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St.
Page 386 - States, if any, in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the United States ; and the fact that any State or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States, by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 386 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Page 387 - Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged.
Page 382 - If there be in it any statements, or assumptions of fact, which I may know to be erroneous, I do not, now and here, controvert them. If there be in it any inferences which I may believe to be falsely drawn, I do not now and here, argue against them.
Page 385 - Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: "That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and...