[470] Conversation with ex-President James H. Fairchild, Oberlin, O., Aug. 3, 1892.
[471] See the Annual Reports of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society.
[472] Conversation with Mrs. Joel Woods, at Martin's Ferry, Aug. 19, 1892.
[473] Conversation with Judge Jesse W. Laird, Jackson, O., June, 1895.
[474] Conversation with Mr. Robert Purvis, at Philadelphia, Dec. 23, 1895.
[475] Conversation with John Evans, at Windsor, Ont., C.W., Aug. 2, 1895; John Evans was a slave near Louisville, but was given his liberty in 1850, when his master became financially involved.
[476] Howe, The Refugees from Slavery in Canada West, p. 11.
[477] Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, p. 229.
[478] Letter from Mr. D. B. Hodge, Oct. 9, 1894.
[479] Letter from Colonel N. C. Buswell, March 13, 1896.