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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 Smith, Louise A., former owner Eaton, J.W., former owner Cornish, E., former owner
Subjects: Underground railroad Fugitive slaves Antislavery movements
Publisher: Philadelphia : Porter & Coates
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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at 107 NorthFifth street, it needed of course no great discernment to foresee that a step ofthis kind was wholly impracticable and that a more indirect and covertmethod would have to be adopted. In this dreadful crisis Mr. McKim,with his usual good judgment and remarkably quick, strategical mind,especially in matters pertaining to the U. G. R. R., hit upon the followingplan, namely, to go to his friend, E. M. Davis,* who was then extensivelyengaged in mercantile business, and relate the circumstances. Having daily *intercourse with said Adams Express office, and being well acquainted withthe 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 Mr. McKims plan and instantly approved of it, and washeartily at his service. * E. M. Davis was a member of the Executive Committee of the Pennsylvania Anti-SlaverySociety and a long-tried Abolitionist, son-in-law of James and Lucretia Mott.
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HENRY BOX BROWN. 83 Dan, an Irishman, one of Adams Express drivers, is just the fellow togo to the depot after the box, said Davis. He drinks a little too muchwhiskey sometimes, but he will do anything I ask him to do, promptly andobligingly. Ill trust Dan, for I believe he is the very man. The difficultywhich Mr. McKim had been so anxious to overcome was thus prettywell settled. It was agreed that Dan should go after the box next morningbefore daylight and bring it to the Anti-Slavery office direct, and to make itall the more agreeable for Dan to get up out of his warm bed and go on thiserrand before day, it was decided that he should have a five dollar goldpiece for himself. Thus these preliminaries having been satisfactorilyarrano-ed, 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 resurrectionwere J. M. McKim, Professor C. D. Cleveland, Lewis Thompson, and the writer [William Still].

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