"Twenty-eight fugitives Escaping from the Eastern Shore of Maryland," October 28, 1857

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"Twenty-eight fugitives Escaping from the Eastern Shore of Maryland," October 28, 1857
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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, June 28, 2008.
Depicted ContentFugitive Slave Law
Depicted ContentUnderground Railroad
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engraving
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Twenty-eight Fugitives Escaping from the Eastern Shore of Maryland
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By Wilbur F. Osler in William Still, The Underground Railroad (Philadelphia: Porter & Coats, 1872), 103.

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Engraving by Wilbur F. Osler, published in Still's book depicting the incident described on pages 99-101 of the book.
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