Identifier: historyofundergr00cock (find matches)
Title: History of the Underground railroad as it was conducted by the Anti-slavery league; including many thrilling encounters between those aiding the slaves to escape and those trying to recapture them
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Cockrum, William Monroe, 1837-1924
Subjects: Underground Railroad -- Indiana Fugitive slaves -- United States Antislavery movements -- United States
Publisher: Oakland City, Ind., Press of J.W. Cockrum Printing Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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the public theauthor wishes here to acknowledge his indebted-ness to those who aided him in securing data forits completion. The names of those giving themost valued assistance are hereby given: John T. Hanover, known in this work as JohnHansen, for a copy of the Organization of theAnti-Slavery League. Col. J. W. Cockrum for data. John W. Barrett for data. Dr. Logan Esarey for many favors. Ira Caswell for data. Dr. John W. Posey for data about the kid-napping of free negroes. Dr. J. R. Adams for data. Mrs. Ella C. Wheatley for valuable assist-ance. Rev. John E. Cox for assistance. George W. Hill for data. FOREWORD. vii Dr. George C. Mason for valuable sugges-tions. L. O. Emerson for the data of the two Mundayboys gaining their freedom. Rev. Eldridge Hopkins for data. C. C. Caswell for a fme picture of his father. J. W. Lewis for a fine picture of his father. Mrs. Hannah M. Womac for a picture of herformer husband, George W. Hill. Robert Hawthorne for data. W. D. Crow for suggestions.
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Map of the Underground Railroad in Indiana. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ANTI-SLAVERY LEAGUE Chapter I In all the territory of the free states adjacentto the borders of the slave states during the timeafter the passage of the last fugitive slave law of1850 up to the commencement of the civil war,there was great excitement between those hav-ing pro and anti slavery views. This was eminent-ly true along the southern borders of Illinois, In-diana and Ohio. Slaves being regarded as person-al property, things not human beings as the oldRoman law was pleased to put it, the right of themaster to reclaim his property had always beenaccepted as a reasonable consequence. The fugitive slave law of 1793 was similar tothe agreement made in 1787, when the compactwas accepted to forever exclude slavery from thestates that would be formed out of the northwestterritory, except that the act of 1793 provided forthe reclamation of fugitives from justice aswell as from service. It was accepted by all as ajusthistoryofundergr00cock

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