[588] Benjamin Drew, A North-Side View of Slavery, p. 292.
[589] George Bryce, Short History of the Canadian People, p. 403.
[590] Benjamin Drew, A North-Side View of Slavery, p. 291.
[591] S. G. Howe, Refugees from Slavery in Canada West, pp. 107, 108.
[592] History of Knox County, Illinois (published by Charles C. Chapman and Co.), p. 203. Here it is stated: "Mr. Wilson arranged with the authorities to have all supplies for the fugitive slaves admitted free of customs duty. Many were the large well-filled boxes of what was most needed by the wanderer taken from the wharf at Toronto during that winter [1841] by E. Child, mission-teacher. He was then a student at Oneida Institute, N.Y., but for many years has resided in Oneida, this county. He went into Canada for the purpose of teaching the fugitives."
[593] Conversation with Jacob Cummings, a fugitive from Tennessee, now living in Columbus, O. Mr. Cummings was at one time a collecting agent for a settlement at Puce, Ont. He told the author, "While agent, I was sent to Sandusky. I would collect goods for the settlement, and ship it to Detroit, marked 'Fugitive Goods.' Brother Miller, at the Corners, a little place about fifteen miles from Detroit, would take care of these, and Canada wouldn't charge any duty on 'fugitive goods.'"
[594] J. C. Hamilton, Magazine of American History, Vol. XXV, p. 238.
[595] Drew, A North-Side View of Slavery, pp. 311, 368.
[596] Ibid., p. 322.
[597] Quoted by Drew, p. 326.