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Rare mention of the Underground Railroad...
Rare mention of the Underground Railroad...
Item # 704445
October 06, 1854
NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Oct. 6, 1854 The bottom of page 4 has small report with a rare mention of the Underground Railroad.
Because it was a secretive operation it is very difficult to find period accounts of its operation.
This article, from Lowville, New York, specifically has "underground railroad" noted in the text under the heading: "Fugitive Slaves--Bears", reading: "Four fugitives from slavery arrived in this place on Thursday...by the underground railroad. They were kindly cared for by the inhabitants, and sufficient funds furnished them to pursue their journey to the land of freedom, and long ere this they are beyond the reach of a law abominable to all."
Also of interest on page 4 is an article: "American Justice" which begins: "There is now confined in a Southern prison, in one of the more moderate & less fanatical slave states, a free native citizen of a Northern State under the following circumstances..." with much more.
Eight pages, a front page archival repair to a tear, good condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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