Prominent Members of the Anti-Slavery Society.
- LUCRETIA MOTT,
- J. MILLER McKIM,
- ROBERT PURVIS,
- MARY GREW,
- E.M. DAVIS,
- SARAH PUGH,
- DILLWYN PARRISH,
- JOSHUA L. HALLOWELL,
- HENRY M. LAING,
- MARGARET J. BURLEIGH,
- EDWARD HOPPER,
- CHARLES WISE,
- JOHN LONGSTRETH,
- J.K. WILDMAN,
- JAMES A. WRIGHT,
Certainly no volume ever met with higher or more extensive endorsement. From the time the author announced his intention to prepare a book from his notes and records until it was given to the public, it was the subject of favorable comment by leading minds of the country, without reference to race. Since its publication it has received the endorsement of the Press generally, and of Statesmen, Preachers, Lawyers, Doctors, Students, in fact men of all ranks.
Brief Extracts from Letters to the Author by Prominent Men.
From Hon. Henry Wilson, late Vice President of United States.
I have glanced over a few pages of your History of the Underground Railroad, and I most earnestly commend it. You have done a good work. This story of the heroic conduct of fugitives from oppression, and of the devotion of their friends, will be read with deep interest, especially by the old friends of the slave in the stern struggle through which we have passed. I hope your labors will be rewarded by a grateful public.
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From Horace Greeley.
Dear Sir:—For most of the years I have lived, the escape of fugitives from slavery, and their efforts to baffle the human and other bloodhounds who tracked them, formed the romance of American History. That romance is now ended, and our grandchildren will hardly believe its leading incidents except on irresistible testimony. I rejoice that you are collecting and presenting that testimony, and heartily wish you a great success.
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