[188] Judg. vii. 3; Deut. xx. 8; referred to by Brown in his "Agreement and Rules."
[189] F. B. Sanborn, in his Life and Letters of John Brown, pp. 125, 126, gives the agreement, rules, and signatures. See also R. J. Hinton's John Brown and His Men, Appendix, pp. 585, 588.
[190] Mason A. Green, History of Springfield, Massachusetts, 1636-1886, p. 506.
[191] Article, "Meeting to Form a Vigilance Committee," in the Pennsylvania Freeman, Dec. 9, 1852; quoted in Underground Railroad Records, by William Still, pp. 610-612.
[192] Still's Underground Railroad Records, p. 177. References to the action of the committee of which Mr. Still was chairman will be found scattered through the Records. See, for example, pp. 70, 98, 102, 131, 150, 162, 173, 176, 204, 224, 274, 275, 303, 325, 335, 388, 412, 449, 493, 500.
[193] Conversation with Asbury Parker, Ironton, O., Sept. 30, 1894.
[194] Conversation with Anthony Bingey, Windsor, Ont., July 3, 1895.
[195] Reminiscences, p. 178.
[196] Conversation with M. J. Benedict, Alum Creek Settlement, Dec. 2, 1893. See also Underground Railroad, Smedley, pp. 56, 136, 142, 174.
[197] Narrative of William W. Brown, A Fugitive Slave, written by himself, 2d ed., 1848, p. 102.