The Mayor and Police of Norfolk Searching Captain Fountain’s Schooner
Abolitionist Captain “F” was suspected of smuggling slaves out of Norfolk. He had 28 enslaved people hidden when the mayor unsuccessfully searched for stowaways; illustration …
Desparate Conflict in a Barn
Wesley Harris of Harper’s Ferry, Virginia betrayed and assaulted in Terrytown, Maryland, 1853; illustration from “The Underground Railroad,” a book by William Still.
Alfred Thorston Fleeing Capture in Virginia
Alfred Thorston of Middleburg, Virgina fled when he learned he had been sold, and he struggled to evade capture night and day for two weeks …
Escaping from Norfolk in Capt. Lee’s Skiff
Five men from Portsmouth, Virginia escaped in a small boat in July 1855; illustration from “The Underground Railroad,” a book by William Still.
The Bloodhound Business
An illustration from George Washington Carleton’s “Suppressed Book about Slavery!”
Running Away
An illustration from George Washington Carleton’s “Suppressed Book about Slavery!”
The Successful Manhunt
An illustration from Richard Hildreth’s novel, “The White Slave.”
Ellen Craft, the Fugitive Slave
An illustration from “Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom; or the Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery.”
The Way They “Catch Men” in Pennsylvania
An illustration from the 1838 Anti-Slavery Almanac.