Southern branches of the U. G. R. R., [116]-119.
Southern states, satisfaction with the fugitive slave clause in the Constitution in the, [21];
complaints of, on account of losses of slave property, [22];
refuges of runaways in the, [25];
spread of the U. G. R. R. in, [28];
knowledge about Canada among slaves in, [28], [29], [180]-182, [192];
self-interest of, manifest in the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, [33];
escapes by vessel from, [81], [133], [144];
anti-slavery sentiment among white emigrants from, [90], [91];
emigration of Quakers from, on account of slavery, [93];
anti-slavery advocates among Presbyterian clergy in, [95];
settlement of anti-slavery people from, in Ohio, [115];
friends of fugitives in, [116];
main channels of escape from, [119];
abductions by whites from, [153], [154];
Northern men in, encourage flight of slaves, [154], [155];
expected effect of news of Brown's Missouri raid in, [165];
Brown's plan for organizing insurrection in, [167], [168];
Calhoun on expedition of the Pearl speaks for, [173], [174];
expeditions for abduction of slaves to, [177], [178];
operations of the abductor A. M. Ross in, [180]-183;
early emigration of negroes from, to Quebec, [219];
domestic relations of slaves in, [227], [228];
abductions of friends from, planned by the Canadian exiles, [231], [232];
abducting trips of Canadian refugees to, [232];
rights of recovery in the North claimed by people of, [237];
slave-hunting by people from, before and after law of 1850, [240], [241];
effect of law of 1850 upon, [243];
Lincoln's proclamation of warning to, [287];
the Underground Railroad as a grievance of, [290];
sentiment in, concerning slave clause in Constitution, [294];
complaints of members of Congress from, on score of treatment accorded runaways in the North, [295], [296];
negotiations for return of fugitives to, [302];
people of, aroused by addresses to slaves, [310];
Calhoun on discontent in, [313];
Webster on complaint of, in regard to non-rendition of fugitives, [314];
Pres. Fillmore gives assurances to, regarding Fugitive Slave Law, [318];
doctrine of state sovereignty of, resisted by Wisconsin, [330];
work of the U. G. R. R. a real relief to, [340];
estimates of loss sustained by slave-owners in various, [341], [342];
decline of slave population in border states, shown in United States census reports, [343];
comparison of numbers of negroes transported from, by U. G. R. R.
and American Colonization Society, [350], [351];
members of Congress from, on work of U. G. R. R., [351], [352];
attempted conciliation of, [354];
chances for escape of slaves multiplied throughout, [355];
agitation by people of, for vigorous Fugitive Slave Law, [357].
Sowles, Hon. William, operator, [107].
Spalding, Rufus P., counsel in the Oberlin-Wellington case, [282].
Speed, John, [65].
Speed, Sidney, incident of unsuccessful pursuit narrated by, [65], [66].
Spradley, Wash, a colored abductor of Louisville, Ky., [151].
Sprague, Judge, on legal force of a commissioner's certificate, [270].
Springfield, Mass., "League of Gileadites" in, [71]-75.
Stanton, Henry B., [169], [170].
State sovereignty, doctrine of, in the Northern states, [326]-330.
Stations, in New Hampshire, [132];
in Maine, [134];
initial, in Ohio, [135];
initial, in Iowa, [136];
number and distribution of, in portion of Morgan County, O., [137];
stations in Michigan, [138];
corresponding stations in Falley's and the author's maps, [138], [139];
initial, along the Ohio River, [139], [346];
limited activity of, in eastern and western extremities of the free region, [141];
isolated, in New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana and Illinois, [142];
terminal, [145]-148;
cause of formation of initial, [295];
Harriet B. Stowe's house one of the, [321].
Station-keepers of the U. G. R. R., significance of the name, [67];
character of work of, [69];
explanation of division of labor between special agents and, [70], [71];
expense to, [76]-78. See also Agents and Conductors.
Steele, Capt., master of a lake boat carrying fugitives, [82].
Steele, William, letter of, on escape of slave family, [51], [52].
Stephens, Alexander H., abduction of slave of, [176].
Stephens, Charles,
in Brown's raid, [163]-165;
arranges for trip east of Brown and party, [164], [165].
Stevens, Thaddeus, operator, [106]; in the Christiana case, [282].
Stevenson, Henry, on slaves' desire for freedom, [196].
Stewart, family of, fugitive settlers near Detroit, [236].
Stewart, John H., colored operator, [89].
Stewart, Peter, reputed President of the U. G. R. R., [69].
Still, Peter, a fugitive from Alabama, [160].
Still, William,
author of Underground Railroad Records, [2], [3], [5], [8], [75];
chairman of Vigilance Committee of Philadelphia, [8], [232];
on instances of fugitives shipped as freight, [60];
on stowaways from the South, [145];
on value of Canadian refugees as citizens, [234] n.;
coöperation of, with station at Elmira, [253].
Stone, Col. John,
secret signal used by, [56];
facsimile of message sent by, [57].
Story, Justice,
on the Fugitive Slave Law, [245];
on power of Congress to legislate on subject of fugitive slaves, [261].
Stout, Dr. Joseph, indicted for helping fugitive, [284].
Stow, L. S., on transportation of fugitives across Lake Erie, [146].
Stowe, Harriet Beecher,
correctness of her representation in Uncle Tom's Cabin, [25], [322];
material for Uncle Tom's Cabin gathered by, while living at Cincinnati, O., [105], [321];
connection of, with the U. G. R. R., [105];
influence of the slave controversy upon, [290];
champion of fugitive slaves, [323].
Stowe, Prof. Calvin, model for a character in Uncle Tom's Cabin, [322].
Stowell, Martin, one of leaders in attempted rescue of Burns, [332].
Sturgeon, of Pennsylvania, supports the Fugitive Slave Law, [314].
Subterranean Pass Way of John Brown, [339], [357].
Sumner, Charles,
efforts of, in behalf of Capt. Drayton, [173];
on number of fugitives fleeing from Northern states after enactment of law of 1850, [249];
efforts of, in Senate to secure repeal of Fugitive Slave Law, [324];
champion in Senate of the fugitive slave and his friends, [325];
reads a letter in the Senate on employment of Northern troops as slave-catchers, [355].
Supplies,
for U. G. R. R. passengers, [76]-78;
furnished by Fred. Douglass, [78] n.;
for Canadian refugees, [202], [214];
gathered for fugitives in Lawrence, Kan., [348], [349].
Syracuse,
Vigilance Committee of, [71], [72];
rescue of Jerry McHenry in, [72], [86], [318], [326];
passes distributed to runaways in, [80];
underground work of Rev. S. J. May in, [109];
fugitives sent by train to, [124];
indignation meeting at, held after passage of law of 1850, [244];
public action against Fugitive Slave Law in, [320];
congratulatory message on Glover rescue from convention in, [328], [329].
Tabor College, U. G. R. R. work of, [98].
Tamar, slave recovered by Fairbank, [159].
Taney, Judge, prosecution of Thomas Garrett before, [110].
Tappan, Lewis, supporter of Dr. A. M. Ross, [180].
Tennessee,
abducting trip of Dr. A. M. Ross into, [28];
John Rankin, a native of, [109];
fugitives from, [109];
underground route through eastern, [119];
involved in Brown's plan of liberation, [167];
Dillingham's attempted abduction of slaves from, [174], [175];
Canadian refugees from, [195];
fables about Canada circulated in, [198].
Terminal stations of U. G. R. R., [70], [76], [82], [83], [123], [126]-128, [131], [133], [136], [138], [139], [145]-149;
in Canada, [148], [149].
Terminology of U. G. R. R., [67], [124].
Territories, slavery prohibited in the, [287].
Texas,
question of annexation before Congress, [310];
escape of slaves from western, [348].
Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, [356].
Thomas, Dr. Nathan M., operator, [88].
Thompson, George, a party in the case of Burr, Work and, [155],156.
Thurston, Brown, operator, [37], [133].
Ticknor, George, on political effect of Uncle Tom's Cabin, [323].
Todd, Rev. John,
author of reminiscences of "The Early Settlement and Growth of Western Iowa," [7];
quoted, [43].
Todds, the, station-keepers, [15].
Toledo, O.,
boat service for runaways from, [83];
U. G. R. R. helpers in, [92].
Tompkins, case of Johnson vs., [259], [273], [274].
Toombs, Robert, [173];
abduction of slaves of, [176].
Toronto, Canada,
mission work of Rev. W. M. Mitchell in, [3];
goods received for Canadian refugees at, [202], [203];
number of refugee settlers in, [220], [221];
condition of fugitive settlers in, [226];
Drew on condition of colored people in, [227];
equal school privileges for whites and blacks in, [229];
evening school for adult negroes in, [230].
Torrence, James W., method of, in conveying fugitives, [61].
Torrey, Rev. Charles T.,
abductor, [28], [168], [169];
number of slaves abducted from Maryland by, [88];
succeeded by Mr. Chaplin as editor of the Albany Patriot, [175].
Townsend, Martin I., on routes in New York, [126].
Townshend, Prof. Norton S., operator in Cincinnati, [104].
Treason,
charged in Christiana case, [319];
charged by Webster against transgressors of the law of 1850, [320].
Treatise on Slavery, in which is shown forth the evil of Slaveholding, both from the Light of Nature and Divine Revelation, immediate abolition advocated in, (1824,) [304]-306.
Tribune, of New Lexington, O., on U. G. R. R., [6].
Troy, N.Y., rescue of fugitive Chas. Nalle in, [85].
"True Bands," societies for self-improvement among Canadian refugees, [230], [231].
Trueblood, E. Hicks, author of articles on U. G. R. R. in Republican Leader, [6].
Tubman, Harriet,
mentioned, [6], [28], [178], [183];
line of travel of, in Delaware, [118];
character of, [185];
work as an abductor, [186], [187];
faith of, [188];
most venturesome journey of, [188], [189];
service of, as scout in the Civil War, [189];
passenger on U. G. R. R., [340].
Turner, Rev. Asa, on U. G. R. R. lines in Iowa and Illinois, [114].
Uncle Tom's Cabin,
correctness of representations in, [25], [322];
sources of the knowledge of underground methods displayed in, [105], [321];
political significance of, [321]-324;
Sumner on reception given to, [325];
object of, [357].
Underground Railroad,
as a subject for research, [1], [2];
works on, [2], [3];
articles on, [5]-7;
lack of contemporaneous documents relating to, [7];
conditions of development of, [17], [18];
numerous lines of, in Northern states, [22];
early stations of, on Western Reserve, extended into Southern states, [28];
effect of local conditions on growth of, [30];
church connections of operators of, [32], [93]-99;
origin of, [33], [34], [191], [192];
development of, [35]-43,
in New Jersey, [34],
in New York, [34], [35],
in New England, [36],
in Ohio, [37]-40,
in North Carolina, [40],
in Indiana, [40], [41],
in Illinois, [41], [42],
in Iowa, [42], [98],
in Kansas, [43];
activity of (1830-1840), [44], [308];
activity of (1850-1860), [44], [71], [316], [317], [357];
naming of, [44]-46;
midnight service on, [54]-56;
communications in work of, [56]-59;
methods of conveyance on, [59]-61;
nature of routes of, [61], [62], [70], [130], [141]-146;
variety of stations on, [62]-64;
use of disguises in work of, [64]-67;
lack of formal organization in, terminology of, [67];
spontaneous character of, [69];
places of deportation, [70], [145]-147;
terminal stations of, [70], [145]-148;
routes by rail, [78]-81, [142]-145;
connection of Fred. Douglass with, [80], [91], [118], [251], [340];
river routes, [81], [82], [142];
traffic by water, [81]-83, [142], [144]-148, [219];
routes by sea, [81], [129], [144], [145], [219];
church connections of operators of, [94]-97;
notable operators of, [104]-112, [155]-189, [251]-253;
rise of, in Connecticut, [109];
study of general map of, [113] et seq.;
extent of system, [114];
broken lines and isolated place-names, [115], [116], [123], [141], [142];
lines of New York and New England states, of
Wisconsin and Michigan, [116];
organized in North Carolina, [117];
Southern branches, [117]-119;
signals used on Delaware River, [125];
relative number of routes in Western states, [134];
local map of Morgan Co., O., [136], [137];
map of Indiana and Michigan routes of, [137]-139;
map of line of, in Livingston and La Salle counties, Ill., [139];
trend of routes of, [139]-141;
lines of lake travel, [147], [148];
Canadian termini of, [148], [149], [200], [219], [220], [225];
operations of, through Clinton, O., in year 1842, [153];
route followed by Brown from Missouri to Canada, [163]-166;
Brown's proposed use of, [166];
route through Morgan Co., O., [178], [179];
through Pennsylvania to Erie, [181];
made use of by abductor A. M. Ross, [181];
"general superintendent" of, in northwestern Ohio, [183];
Canada, the refuge of passengers of, [190];
Dr. S. G. Howe, on the origin of, [192];
development of, during decade 1828-1838, [193];
increased efficiency of, due to law of 1850, [193], [338];
ease of escape over, in later years of, [213];
lines through New England to Quebec, [219];
capacity of, for transportation of fugitives, [222];
agents of, appealed to, for abduction of friends, [231];
agents of, among fugitive settlers in Northern states, [251]-253;
explanation of secrecy of, [255];
escapes from Indian Territory over, [284];
political aspect of, [290];
explanation of development of initial stations of, [295];
early branches in Pennsylvania, [298];
influence in spreading anti-slavery sentiment, [302];
organization of, in Philadelphia, [309];
grievance of border states due to, [312], [341], [342];
most flourishing period of, [316];
Harriet Beecher Stowe's house a station on, [321];
rapid expansion of, during period 1840-1860, [337];
the work of, a real relief to masters, [340];
Osborn's record of fugitives aided during five months, [344], [345];
computation of fugitives aided in Ohio and Philadelphia during 1830-1860, [346], [347];
work of Lawrence station, in Kansas, described, [347]-350;
work of, compared with that of Colonization Society, [350], [351];
organized societies of, said to be maintained by the Republican party, [351];
relation of, to the Civil War, [357], [358].
Underground Railroad, the Rev. W. M. Mitchell, author of, [2], [3].
Underground Railroad in Chester and the Neighboring Counties of Pennsylvania, the, R. C. Smedley, author of, [2], [4].
Underground Railroad Records, by Wm. Still, [2], [3], [4];
work of the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee revealed in, [75], [76];
story of the abducting trip of Seth Concklin as given by, [160]-162.
Unitarian Church, Rev. Theodore Parker a minister of, [8];
underground work of Meadville Seminary of, [98];
Rev. Samuel J. May, a clergyman of, [109].
United States, census reports of, on fugitive slaves, [26], [342];
escape of fugitives from Canada to, [190];
school-teachers for Canadian refugees supported by religious societies of, [215];
relative progress of Canadian negroes and free negroes in, [227];
ministers of Canadian refugees canvass for money in, [231];
fugitive slave cases before courts of, [257], [259]-264, [269], [270], [272]-282, [286];
necessity of a uniform system of regulation regarding fugitive slaves throughout, [261];
treason against, charged in Christiana case, [280];
participation by President of, in Christiana case, [280], [281];
fugitive slave clause embodied in Constitution of, [293];
negotiations of, with England for extradition of fugitives, [299], [300];
Senator Yulee on danger to the perpetuity of, [314];
effect of Gerrit Smith's speech in the Anderson case in, [353];
extinction of slavery in, [356].
United States Freedman's Inquiry Commission, Dr. S. G. Howe's report for, on Canadian refugees, [211].
Universalist Church, result of appeal to societies of, in Massachusetts, [99].
Van Dorn, Mr., operator, [88].
Van Zandt, case of Jones vs., [262], [278], [282];
S. P. Chase and W. H. Seward in case of, [282];
original of Van Tromp in Uncle Tom's Cabin, [322].
Vaughan vs. Williams, case of, [262].
Vermont,
emancipation in, [17];
rise of U. G. R. R. in, [36];
steam railroad transportation for fugitives through, [81];
public men, operators in, [106], [107];
routes of, [126], [130];
terminal stations in, [145];
personal liberty law of, [245], [246], [309];
emancipation by, [293];
amendment of personal liberty law by, [354].
Vermont Central Railroad, [80], [130], [143], [145].
Vigilance Committee,
of Philadelphia, [3], [4], [8];
of Boston, [8];
explanation of the origin of such bodies given by Theodore Parker, [71];
organization and work of Syracuse, [71], [72];
account of Boston, [72], [73];
account of the formation and rules of the Springfield (Mass.) "League of Gileadites," [73]-75;
of Philadelphia, [75], [76];
Female Anti-Slavery Association organizes a, [77];
fugitives forwarded to New York City, by Philadelphia, [80];
agents of, in Baltimore, [91], [117];
appeal to churches of Massachusetts, by Boston, [98], [99];
Theodore Parker appointed counsellor of fugitives in Massachusetts by, [110];
fugitives sent by sea to Philadelphia, [145];
of Cincinnati, consulted by Mrs. Haviland, [171];
entreaties for aid to chairman of Philadelphia, [232];
Philadelphia committee in Christiana case, [280];
rescue of Jerry McHenry by Syracuse, [320];
work of, in Milwaukee in Glover case, [328];
work of Boston, in Burns case, [331];
Purvis' record of fugitives aided by Philadelphia, [346], [347].
Vincent, James, counsel in fugitive slave case, [284].
Virginia,
proposition to enslave free negroes in, [26];
knowledge of Canada among slaves in, [26], [28], [29], [37];
abducting trip of Dr. A. M. Ross into, [28];
fugitives shipped in a box from, [61];
fugitives escaping by vessel from, [81];
runaways from, [85], [109], [252], [253], [258];
reward offered to Indians in, for apprehending fugitives, [92];
anti-slavery sentiment in Quaker meetings of, [93];
agent in Petersburg, [118];
natural route from Norfolk, [118];
slaves escaping from, [144], [145];
visitation of, by abductor, [151];
abductor John Fairfield, of, [153];
involved in Brown's plan of liberation, [167];
Torrey's abduction of slaves from, [169];
abductions by Rial Cheadle from, [179];
knowledge of Canada spread by slaves from, [182];
Rev. George Bourne, a resident of, [203];
effect of slave-breeding in, [228];
Mason of, on difficulty of recapturing fugitives, [243];
prohibition of aid to fugitives in colonial, [291];
Madison, on slave clause in the Constitution before state convention of, [294];
desirous for extradition of fugitives from Canada, [299];
Mason of, author of Slave Law of 1850, [311];
Burns carried back to, [333];
Richmond Enquirer on rendition of Burns, [333];
Brown's method to weaken slavery in, [339];
servile insurrection in, [340];
Moore on loss borne by slave-owners of his district in, [341];
Mason on loss sustained by slave-owners of, [341];
decline in slave population of panhandle counties of, [343];
fugitives from, recorded by Osborn, [345];
reasons for loyalty of western, [354], [355].
Virginia and Kentucky resolutions,
quoted by Wisconsin convention, [328], [329];
quoted by mass convention at Cleveland, O., [336].
Von Hoist, on the U. G. R. R., [1].
Wabash and Erie Canal, thoroughfare for fugitives, [142].
Walker, Capt. Jonathan, work of, as an abductor, [168], [170], [171].
Walker, Edward, on the slave's desire for freedom, [196].
Walker, James, rescue of Piatt slaves by, [282], [283].
Walker, Joseph G., disguise provided for fugitive by, [67].
Wambaugh, Prof. Eugene, on the dilemma involved in the Fugitive Slave laws, [256] n.
War of 1812, knowledge of Canada spread by, [27], [28], [301].
War of Rebellion,
Still's U. G. R. R. records concealed during, [8];
underground work terminated by, [11];
services of Harriet Tubman during, [186], [189];
assaults on slavery justified by exigencies of, [286], [287];
underground operations as a cause of, [290], [351], [352], [358];
chances for escape of slaves multiplied during, [355];
resort of slaves to Union forces at the outbreak of, [357].
Ware, J. R., station-keeper, [69], [70].
Washington, D.C., route from, [117], [125];
abduction of slaves from, by Capt. Drayton, [172], [173];
abduction of slaves from, by Wm. L. Chaplin, [175], [176];
occurrence of last fugitive slave case under law of 1850 in, [285].
Washington, George, letters of, (1786,) relating to fugitives, [33], [68];
Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 signed by, [254];
escaped slave of, [295], [324], [325].
Washington, Horace, [27].
Washington, Judge, in the case of Hill vs. Low, [273].
Washington, Lewis, agent, [253].
Weakley, case of Oliver vs., [276].
Webster, Daniel, supports Fugitive Slave Bill, [314], [315];
on the necessity of the enforcement of Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, [320].
Webster, Miss Delia A., assistant of Fairbank in abduction of Hayden and family, [158], [159].
Weed, Thurlow, underground work of, [108].
Weeks, Dr. Stephen B., on underground work of the Coffins in North Carolina, [117].
Weiblen, John G., conveys fugitives by boat to Canada, [83].
Weimer, L. F., suit of, against Sloane, [276], [277].
Weldon, John, method of, in transporting fugitives, [61].
Wesley, John and Charles, views of, on slavery question, [94].
Wesleyan Methodists, friends of fugitives, [32];
secession of, from M. E. Church, [94];
operators among, [95], [168].
West, David, on the slave's desire for freedom, [196].
West, Hon. John, operator, [107].
West, Wm. H., counsel for Piatt slaves, [282], [283].
Western Reserve, early escapes across, [28], [301];
anti-slavery sentiment in, [31],
fugitive passengers from, [35];
routes across, [123].
Western Reserve College, anti-slavery influence of, [115].
Western Reserve Historical Society publishes pamphlet on "U. G. R. R.," by Prof. J. H. Fairchild, [5].
Western states, routes of, [134]-144.
West Indian Emancipation, celebration of, by Canadian refugees, [226], [227].
Weston, G. W., message of, [58].
Westwater, James M., hiding-place provided by, [63].
Wheaton, Chas. A., a leader in the Jerry rescue, [326].
Whig party, character of, [100];
vote of, on the Fugitive Slave Law, [315];
considers Compromise of 1850 a finality, [320];
disinclination to vote for Gen. Winfield Scott, [321].
Whipper, Alfred, school-teacher among the refugees, [215].
Whipple. See Chas. Stephens.
White, Addison, attempted seizure of, [241];
escape of, to Canada, [234].
White, Hon. Andrew D., letter of, on underground work of his father, [80].
White, Horace, railroad passes supplied to fugitives by, [80].
White, Isaac, [29].
White, John, slave befriended by Mrs. Haviland, [171], [172].
White, Joseph, operator, [97].
Whitfield, views on the slavery question, [94].
Whitman, of Massachusetts, on the bill securing to claimant of runaway right to prove title in courts of his own state, etc., [297].
Whitneys, of Concord, Mass., friends of Harriet Tubman, [186].
Whittier, John G., supporter of Liberty party, [100];
on work of Rev. Charles T. Torrey, [170];
stanza of "The Branded Hand," by, quoted, [171].
Wilberforce Colony in Canada, visited by Levi Coffin, [200], [220];
origin of, [218];
Dr. J. W. Moore on progress of fugitives in, [226], [227].
Willes, Rev. Dr., on refugee population in Canada, [222].
Willey, Rev. Austin, on escape of fugitives to New Brunswick, [219].
Williams, George W., the negro historian on U. G. R. R., [340].
Williams, case of Vaughan vs., [262].
Williams, John F., agent, [41].
Williams, Thomas, map of lines in Morgan County, O., by, [136].
Williams, W. B., on route from Washington, D.C., [117].
Wilmington, Del., underground work of Thomas Garrett in, [110], [111];
station for Harriet Tubman, [118];
movement of fugitives to, [121].
Wilmington, N.C., escape of slaves from, [81], [144], [145].
Wilson, Henry, on U. G. R. R., [1], [37], [114];
on abductions by Rev. Charles T. Torrey, [169];
on number of fugitive settlers in Northern states, [237].
Wilson, John W., counsel in fugitive slave cases, [283].
Wilson, Rev. Hiram, receiving agent in Canada, [126];
mission kept by, [194];
schools supervised by, [199], [200];
arranges with Canadian government for admission of supplies, [202];
founder of school for refugees, [205];
service of, in British and American Institute for refugees, [206], [207], [220];
on number of Canadian refugees, [221].
Windsor, Ontario, visited by Fairfield, the abductor, [153], [154];
arrival of Brown and his abducted slaves in, [165];
private schools for negroes in, [229].
Winslow, Nathan, operator, [133].
Wisconsin, organized as free state, [17], [18];
places of deportation in, [82], [116], [147];
personal liberty law of, [246];
Howe of, on law of 1850, [286];
Glover rescue in, [327]-330;
determination of people of, shown in Booth case, [330].
Women's Anti-Slavery societies, supplies for passengers provided by, [77].
Woodford, Newton, indicted for helping fugitives, [284].
Woolman, John, precepts of, [49].
Work, Alanson, a party in the case of Burr, Work and Thompson, [155], [156].
Worthington, O., early rescue of a fugitive in, [38], [84].
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Wright, Peter, on the work of Canadian refugees, [205].
Wright, William and Phœbe, station-keepers, [118] n.
Yokum, William, watchwords used by, [57].
Young, Rev. Joshua, operator, [130].
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FOOTNOTES:
[1] Chapters VI and VII, pp. 61-86.
[2] Vol. III, p. 552, foot-note.
[3] History of the United States, Vol. II, pp. 74-77, 361, 362.
[4] Mitchell, Underground Railroad, Preface, p. vi; p. 17.
[5] Mr. Mitchell divides his little book into two chapters, one on the "Underground Railroad," occupying 124 pages, the other on the "Condition of Fugitive Slaves in Canada," occupying 48 pages.
[6] Tract No. 87, in Vol. IV, pp. 91-121, of the publications of the Society.