Underground Railroad, Part 1William Still
Underground Railroad, Part 1
”It was my good fortune to lend a helping hand to the weary travelers flying from the land of bondage.” William Still.
"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." Horace Greeley.
William Still is often called the Father of the Underground Railroad. Over 14 years, he helped hundreds of slaves escape to freedom in Canada. Still was committed to preserving the stories of the bondmen and he kept careful records of the many escaped slaves who passed through the Philadelphia “station”. The Underground Railroad was published in 1871 from Still’s records and diaries. In bringing you these stories, Librivox volunteers are reading from the 1878 edition. (Summary by MaryAnn)
Complete list of recordings comprising this book:
The Underground Railroad, Part 1,
The Underground Railroad, Part 2,
The Underground Railroad, Part 3,
The Underground Railroad, Part 4,
The Underground Railroad, Part 5.
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Underground Railroad, Part 4 Inglés
Underground Railroad, Part 5 Inglés
Underground Railroad, Part 2 Inglés
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Versión 5 Inglés
41 capítulos
8 h 33 min
- 1 Arrivals from Belleair and Maryland12:31
- 2 Arrivals from New Market and Virginia8:34
- 3 Arrivals from , Richmond, Norfolk, VA and from Near Baltimore7:29
- 4 Arrivals from Virginia, Washington D.C. and Virginia4:55
- 5 Arrivals from the Old Dominion17:05
- 6 Arrivals from Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina and Delaware10:50
- 7 Arrival from Maryland9:41
- 8 Arrivals from Maryland, District of Columbia and Honey Brook Township8:35
- 9 Arrivals from Alexandria, VA and the Seat of Government10:19
- 10 Crossing the Bay in a Skiff9:26
- 11 Arrivals from Kent County MD, Washington and Cecil County8:16
- 12 Arrivals from Georgetown, D.C. and Sussex County11:14
- 13 Sundry Arrivals in 1859; Arrival from Richmond12:03
- 14 Arrivals from Delaware and Richmond12:16
- 15 Arrival from Maryland; Sundry Arrivals, Arrivals from Maryland and Delaware12:05
- 16 Arrivals from Virginia; Sundry Arrivals from Maryland; Arrivals from Richmond and Maryland12:30
- 17 Arrivals from Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia; Sundry Arrivals from Maryland and Virginia; Arrivals from Seaford and Tapps’ Neck MD10:29
- 18 Arrival from Maryland; Sundry Arrivals from Virginia, Maryland and Delaware11:09
- 19 Arrivals from Different Points12:52
- 20 Sundry Arrivals From Maryland; Arrival from Virginia and Baltimore14:29
- 21 Arrivals from Maryland and Fredericksburg; Sundry Arrivals from Maryland14:51
- 22 Crossing the Bay in a Batteau; Arrivals from Dorchester County and Maryland12:18
- 23 Twelve Months in the Woods; Arrival from Maryland; A Slave Catcher Caught in His Own Trap11:36
- 24 Arrival from Richmond, 185811:35
- 25 Arrival from Richmond, 18599:06
- 26 Arrival from Richmond19:25
- 27 “Aunt Hannah Moore”15:57
- 28 Kidnapping of Rachel and Elizabeth Parker, Murder of Joseph C. Miller, in 1851 and 185214:53
- 29 Arrival from Virginia, 18546:42
- 30 Arrival from Norfolk4:47
- 31 Arrival of Fifteen from Norfolk, VA21:29
- 32 Case of Euphemia Williams, Part 111:37
- 33 Case of Euphemia Williams, Part 211:22
- 34 Case of Euphemia Williams, Part 319:00
- 35 Case of Euphemia Williams, Part 424:06
- 36 Helpers and Sympathizers at Home and Abroad – Interesting Letters, Part 114:52
- 37 Helpers and Sympathizers at Home and Abroad – Interesting Letters, Part 213:43
- 38 Pamphlet and Letters, Part 116:06
- 39 Pamphlet and Letters, Part 217:56
- 40 Letters to the Writer17:28
- 41 Woman Escaping in a Box, 18577:41
39 capítulos
9 h 56 min
- 1 Organization Of The Vigilance Committee7:12
- 2 Portraits And Sketches - Esther Moore13:00
- 3 Portraits And Sketches - Abigail Goodwin15:55
- 4 Portraits And Sketches - , Thomas Garrett, Part 113:38
- 5 Portraits And Sketches - , Thomas Garrett, Part 213:17
- 6 Portraits And Sketches - , Thomas Garrett, Part 317:07
- 7 Portraits And Sketches - , Thomas Garrett, Part 423:55
- 8 Portraits And Sketches - Daniel Gibbons26:55
- 9 Portraits And Sketches - Lucretia Mott17:43
- 10 Portraits And Sketches - James Miller Mckim17:19
- 11 Portraits And Sketches - William H Furness, D.D.24:19
- 12 Portraits And Sketches - William Lloyd Garrison, Part 112:24
- 13 Portraits And Sketches - William Lloyd Garrison, Part 220:35
- 14 Portraits And Sketches - William Lloyd Garrison, Part 318:57
- 15 Portraits And Sketches - Lewis Tappan, Part 111:59
- 16 Portraits And Sketches - Lewis Tappan, Part 212:49
- 17 Portraits And Sketches - Elijah F Pennypacker9:55
- 18 Portraits And Sketches - William Wright13:15
- 19 Portraits And Sketches - Dr Bartholomew Fussell8:01
- 20 Portraits And Sketches - Thomas Shipley, Part 119:13
- 21 Portraits And Sketches - Thomas Shipley, Part 221:15
- 22 Portraits And Sketches - Robert Purvis4:05
- 23 Portraits And Sketches - John Hunn, Part 17:51
- 24 Portraits And Sketches - John Hunn, Part 216:39
- 25 Portraits And Sketches - Samuel Rhoads6:02
- 26 Portraits And Sketches - George Corson6:03
- 27 Portraits And Sketches - Charles D Cleveland Part 115:03
- 28 Portraits And Sketches - Charles D Cleveland Part 214:55
- 29 Portraits And Sketches - Charles D Cleveland Part 314:35
- 30 Portraits And Sketches - William Whipper15:55
- 31 Portraits And Sketches - Isaac T Hopper16:58
- 32 Portraits And Sketches - Samuel D Burris6:37
- 33 Portraits And Sketches - Mariann, Grace Anna, And Elizabeth R Lewis20:21
- 34 Portraits And Sketches - Cunningham's Rache6:19
- 35 Portraits And Sketches - Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Part 124:44
- 36 Portraits And Sketches - Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Part 224:24
- 37 Portraits And Sketches - Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Part 321:02
- 38 Portraits And Sketches - Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Part 419:46
- 39 Portraits And Sketches - Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Part 516:28
35 capítulos
9 h 7 min
- 1 0Several Arrivals From Different Places11:55
- 2 0Arrival from Richmond7:22
- 3 0Eight Arrivals10:44
- 4 0Charles Thompson12:30
- 5 0Blood Flowed Freely9:19
- 6 0John Pettifoot; Emanuel T. White6:33
- 7 0The Escape of a Child Fourteen Months Old; Escape of a Young Slave Mother12:42
- 8 0Samuel W. Johnson; Family from Baltimore9:55
- 9 0Elijah Hilton; Solomon Brown; William Hogg; Two Female Passengers from Maryland12:29
- 10 Captain F and the Mayor of Norfolk21:37
- 11 Arrivals From Different Places15:11
- 12 Fleeing Girl of Fifteen in Male Attire, Part 117:33
- 13 Fleeing Girl of Fifteen in Male Attire, Part 223:35
- 14 Fleeing Girl of Fifteen in Male Attire, Part 318:47
- 15 Five Years and One Month Secreted, Part 112:36
- 16 Five Years and One Month Secreted, Part 214:33
- 17 Five Years and One Month Secreted, Part 313:46
- 18 Five Years and One Month Secreted, Part 412:40
- 19 From Virginia, Maryland and Delaware13:51
- 20 Sam, Isaac, Perry, Charles and Green8:45
- 21 From Richmond and Norfolk, Virginia11:26
- 22 Four Arrivals27:36
- 23 From Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, North Carolina, Washington D.C. and South Carolina, Part 121:10
- 24 From Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, North Carolina, Washington D.C. and South Carolina, Part 220:20
- 25 Charles Gilbert15:33
- 26 Liberty or Death; Salt-Water Fugitive18:20
- 27 Samuel Green13:44
- 28 An Irish Girl's Devotion to Freedom13:26
- 29 Sam Nixon18:09
- 30 Sundry Arrivals, Part 123:59
- 31 Sundry Arrivals, Part 220:57
- 32 Heavy Reward; Slave Trader Hall is Foiled16:41
- 33 The Protection of Slave Property in Virginia13:21
- 34 Escaping in a Chest; Isaac Williams, Henry Banks, and Kit Nickless; Arrival of Five from the Eastern Now of Maryland22:20
- 35 Sundry Arrivals About August 1, 185523:50
35 capítulos
8 h 33 min
- 1 01 – Deep Furrows on the Back; Peter Mathews; “Moses” Arrives with Six Passengers15:58
- 2 0Escaped from “A Worthless Sot”; William Butcher; “White Enough to Pass”; Escaping with Master’s Carriages and Horses13:30
- 3 0Eight and a Half Months Secreted; Arthur Fowler; Sundry Arrivals16:31
- 4 04 – Sundry Arrivals About January 1st, 185517:40
- 5 05 – Slave Holder in Maryland with Three Colored Wives4:31
- 6 06 – Captain F. Arrives with Nine Passengers16:58
- 7 07 – Owen and Otho Taylor’s Flight with Horses; Heavy Reward14:32
- 8 08 – Captain F. Arrives with Fourteen “Prime Articles” on Board, Part 114:42
- 9 09 – Captain F. Arrives with Fourteen “Prime Articles” on Board, Part 216:51
- 10 10 – Sundry Arrivals, Latter Part of December 1855 and Beginning of January 185613:22
- 11 11 – Part of the Arrivals in December, 185513:00
- 12 12 – The Fugitive Slave Bill of 185018:05
- 13 13 – The Slave Hunting Tragedy in Lancaster County, in September 1851, Part 122:18
- 14 14 – The Slave Hunting Tragedy in Lancaster County, in September 1851, Part 226:04
- 15 15 – The Slave Hunting Tragedy in Lancaster County, in September 1851, Part 321:22
- 16 16 – William and Ellen Craft, Part 116:22
- 17 17 – William and Ellen Craft, Part 213:46
- 18 18 – Arrivals from Richmond; Passengers from North Carolina15:25
- 19 19 – Thomas Clinton, Sauney Pry and Benjamin Ducket; Arrivals in April 185615:47
- 20 20 – Five from Georgetown Cross Roads; Passengers from Maryland; Arrival from Maryland16:42
- 21 21 – Arrival from Washington, D.C., Unionville, Maryland and Cambridge, 185712:24
- 22 22 – Benjamin Ross and His Wife Harriet; Arrival from Virginia and Delaware, 18579:12
- 23 23 – Arrival from Alexandria and Unionville, 185714:07
- 24 24 – From New Orleans, 185712:30
- 25 25 – Arrival from Washington, D.C., Virginia, Maryland, Georgtown Cross Roads and Alexandria15:41
- 26 26 – Arrival from Maryland, Norfolk, VA, Washington D.C.; Four Able Bodied “Articles” in One Arrival, 185714:48
- 27 27 – Arrival from Arlington MD; Five Passengers; Arrival from Howard County MD, Prince George’s County MD, and Rappahannock County17:52
- 28 28 – Arrival from North Carolina, 185716:12
- 29 29 – Alfred Hollon, George and Charles N. Rodgers; Arrival from Kent County, Baltimore County; Mary Cooper and Moses Armstead7:58
- 30 30 – Arrival from Near Washington D.D., Hon. L. McLane’s Property, Soon After His Death, Travels Via the Underground Railroad9:50
- 31 31 – Arrival from Harford County, Maryland and Norfolk, VA12:02
- 32 32 – Arrival from Hooperville MD, Maryland; Queen Anne County and Baltimore10:48
- 33 33 – Arrival from Dunwoody County, Alexandria VA, Maryland, Petersburg, Maryland10:05
- 34 34 – Arrival of a Party of Six, 185812:30
- 35 35 – Arrival from Richmond, Baltimore, Hightstown and Virginia, 185813:58
34 capítulos
6 h 44 min
- 1 0Preface9:02
- 2 0Seth Concklin - Part 117:53
- 3 0Seth Concklin - Part 212:21
- 4 0Seth Concklin - Part 310:29
- 5 0Seth Concklin - Part 415:51
- 6 0Underground Railroad Letters - Part 114:04
- 7 0Underground Railroad Letters - Part 214:31
- 8 0William Box Peel Jones7:38
- 9 0Wesley Harris and the Matterson Brothers10:41
- 10 0Death of Romulus Hall9:16
- 11 James Mercer, William H. Gilliam and John Clayton17:46
- 12 Clarissa Davis6:18
- 13 Anthony Blow; Perry Johnson8:50
- 14 Isaac Forman, William Davis and Willis Redick, Joseph Henry Camp10:29
- 15 Sheridan Ford; Joseph Kneeland5:22
- 16 Ex-President Tyler's Household Loses An Aristocratic "Article"; Edward Morgan, Henry Johnson, James and Stephen Butler11:00
- 17 Henry Predo; Daniel Hughes, Thomas Elliott7:51
- 18 Mary Epps; Joseph and Robert Robinson14:59
- 19 George Solomon, Daniel Neall, Benjamin R. Fletcher and Maria Dorsey8:15
- 20 Henry Box Brown20:36
- 21 Trial of the Emancipators of Colonel J.H. Wheeler's Slaves, Jane Johnson and Her Two Little Boys - Part 116:19
- 22 Trial of the Emancipators of Colonel J.H. Wheeler's Slaves, Jane Johnson and Her Two Little Boys - Part 217:32
- 23 The Arrivals of a Single Month - Part 114:52
- 24 The Arrivals of a Single Month - Part 211:34
- 25 The Arrivals of a Single Month - Part 314:47
- 26 The Arrivals of a Single Month - Part 46:58
- 27 The Arrivals of a Single Month - Part 59:21
- 28 A Slave Girl's Narrative - Cordelia Lonely15:10
- 29 Arrival of Jackson, Isaac and Edmondson Turner from Petersburg13:51
- 30 Robert Brown; Anthony Lonely and Cornelius Scott; Samuel Williams10:35
- 31 Barnaby and Mary Elizabeth Grigby, Frand Wazner, Emily Foster16:17
- 32 William Jordan7:27
- 33 Joseph Grant and John Speaks7:10
- 34 William Taylor; Louisa Brown, Jacob Waters and Alfred Goulden; Arrival from Baltimore9:16