[27] Reminiscences, p. 184.

[28] Letter of John Charles, Economy, Wayne County, Indiana, January 9, 1896. Mr. Charles is a Quaker, and took part in the underground work at Economy.

[29] Letter from Charles W. Osborn, Economy, Indiana, March 4, 1896. Mr. Osborn obtained the names of stations in conversation with Mr. Ratliff.

[30] Letter of William Hayward.

[31] Constitution of Massachusetts, Part I, Art. 1; quoted by Du Bois, Suppression of the Slave Trade, p. 225.

[32] See Appendix A, p. 359.

[33] History of the United States, Vol. I, p. 16.

[34] M. G. McDougall, Fugitive Slaves, pp. 2-11.

[35] Journals of Congress, XII, 84, 92.

[36] Constitution of the United States, Art. IV, § 2. See Revised Statutes of the United States, I, 18. See also Appendix A, p. 359.