The Way They "Catch Men" In Pennsylvania
| Illustration for October—Tenth Month, The American Anti-Slavery Almanac for 1838, N. Southard, Editor (Boston: Published by Isaac Knapp, Vol. I, No. 3). Caption: "These men having felt the horrors of slavery, fled to Cambria county, Pa., in April, 1837. Being pursued, one of them said he would die before he would be taken. They were shot and wounded, and then were taken with great difficulty." Courtesy The John Hay Library, Brown University. |