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Still, William, 1821-1902
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Wallach Division Picture Collection
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The Underground Rail Road
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Narrative of the life and adventures of Henry Bibb, an American slave, written by himself
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Five hundred thousand strokes for freedom: a series of anti-slavery tracts, of which half a million are now first issued by the friends of the Negro
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Desperate conflict in a barn
Maria Weems escaping in male …
Dry - goods merchant searchin…
William and Ellen Craft.
Living in a cave.
Escaping from Alabama on top …
Edward Lewis; Arrival from No…
Sixty passengers came in one …
Arrival from Maryland, 1859; …
Charity Still - twice escaped…
Resurrection of Henry Box Bro…
Rescue of Jane Johnson and he…
Jane Johnson.
Escaping from Portsmouth, VA.…
Crossing the river on horseba…
A bold stroke for freedom - c…
The mayor and police of Norfo…
John Henry Hill.
Escape with a lady, as her co…
Six on two horses.
Up a tree.
Samuel Green sentenced to the…
Lear Green escaping in a ches…
Living in a hollow tree.
Lewis Clarke.
J. Milton Clarke.
A woman with iron horns and b…
Runaway poster for Bill in ja…
The escaped slave
Osman the maroon in the swamp
Osborn Perry Anderson, who es…
The road to liberty; a statio…
Harbor, Ashtabula County, Ohi…
The Detroit River, at Detroit…
Runaways
Male adult slave escaping by …
m
Running a thousand miles for …
Speech, "Address of the conve…
Scenes in the life of Harriet…
Scenes in the life of Harriet…
Henry Box Brown
Negroes Escaping out of slave…
Arrest warrant for Robert McA…
Emily runs away
Poster warning Blacks in Bost…
Flight of fugitives to Canada…
Marshal's posse with Burns mo…
Night attack on the court hou…
Church of the fugitive slaves…
Runaway slaves being shot at …