1883 UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. R. C. Smedley's History of "Contraband" Smuggling in New England. Martyrs Including Thirty-Five Years of Back-Woods'

Including Thirty-Five Years of Back-Woods' Mission Work

A piece of his shirt from the assassination was recently offered for $25

only issued in 1851 and 1852

and Strange Discoveries

1883 UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. R. C. Smedley's History of "Contraband" Smuggling in New England. Martyrs Including Thirty-Five Years of Back-Woods'A very smartly preserved copy of Smedley's significant early work, preserving the contributions of average Pennsylvanians to the work of the Underground Railroad. The work stands as one of the earliest systematic attempts to document the Underground Railroad through the collection of firsthand testimonies and local records. Smedley, a Pennsylvania Quaker, gathered accounts from people who had actually participated in the network conductors,