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Title: The underground rail road. A record of facts, authentic narratives, letters, &c., narrating the hardships, hair-breadth escapes and death struggles of the slaves in their efforts for freedom, as related by themselves and others, or witnessed by the author; together with sketches of some of the largest stockholders, and most liberal aiders and advisers, of the road
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Still, William, 1821-1902
Subjects: Underground railroad Slavery -- United States Fugitive slaves Antislavery movements
Publisher: Philadelphia, Porter & Coates
Contributing Library: The Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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especially in matters pertaining to the U. G. R. R., hit upon the following
plan, namely, to go to his friend, E. M. Davis,* who was then extensively
engaged in mercantile business, and relate the circumstances. Having daily
intercourse with said Adam's Express office, and being well acquainted with
the firm and some of the drivers, Mr. Davis could, as Mr. McKim thought,
talk about " boxes, freight, etc.," from any part of the country without risk.
Mr. Davis heard McKim's plan and instantly approved of it, and was
heartily at his service.

* E. M. Davis was a member of the Executive Committee of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery
Society and a long-tried Abolitionist, son-in-law of James and Lucretia Mott.
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RESURRECTION OF HENRY BOX BROWN

HENRY BOX BROWN. 83

" Dan, an Irishman, one of Adam's Express drivers, is just the fellow to
g0 to the depot after the box," said Davis. " He drinks a little too much
whiskev sometimes, but he will do anything I ask him to do, promptly and
oblingly. I'll trust Dan, for I believe he is the very man. " The difficulty
which Mr. McKim had been so anxious to overcome was thus pretty
well settled. It was agreed that Dan should go after the box next morning
before daylight and bring it to the Anti-Slavery office direct, and to make it
all the more agreeable for Dan to get up out of his warm bed and go on this
errand before day, it was decided that he should have a five dollar gold
piece for himself. Thus these preliminaries having been satisfactorily
arranged, it only remained for Mr. Davis to see Dan and give him instruc-
tions accordingly, etc.
Next morning, according to arrangement, the box was at the Anti-
Slavery office in due time. The witnesses present to behold the resurrection
were J. M. McKim, Professor C. D. Cleveland, Lewis Thompson, and the
writer.

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