The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom: A comprehensive history

by Wilbur Henry Siebert

[305] Ibid., Vol. III, p. 412.

[306] Oliver Johnson, William Lloyd Garrison and His Times, p. 310.

[307] History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850, Vol. I, p. 75.

[308] Letter of N. L. Van Sandt, Clarinda, Iowa. (Mr. N. L. Van Sandt is the son of John Van Zandt.) See also Wilson's Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, Vol. I, pp. 475, 476; T. R. Cobb, Historical Sketches of Slavery, p. 207; M. G. McDougall, Fugitive Slaves, p. 42.

[309] See pp. 274, 275, Chapter IX.

[310] Pamphlet proposing a "Defensive League of Freedom," signed by Ellis Gray Loring and others, of Boston, pp. 5, 6. See Chapter IX, p. 275.

[311] Ibid.

[312] 5 McLean's United States Reports, p. 64 et seq.; see also The Firelands Pioneer, July, 1888; account by Rush R. Sloane, pp. 47-49; account by H. F. Paden, pp. 21, 22; Chapter IX, pp. 276, 277.

[313] Commonwealth, June 28, 1854; M. G. McDougall, Fugitive Slaves, pp. 45, 46; Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, Vol. II, pp. 443, 444. See Chapter X, pp. 331-333.

[314] Pamphlet proposing a "Defensive League of Freedom," pp. 1, 3, 11 and 12.