"The Mayor and Police of Norfolk searching Capt. Fountain's Schooner," Virginia, November, 1855

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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, June 28, 2008.
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engraving
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The Mayor and Police of Norfolk searching Capt. Fountain's Schooner (Twenty-eight fugitives were concealed in this vessel.)
Source citation
William Still, The Underground Railroad (Philadelphia: Porter & Coats, 1872), 167.
Source note
Engraving published in Still's book depicting the incident described on pages 165-172 of the book.
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