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Rescue of Jane Johnson and Her Children

A sketch of Jane Johnson and her sons leaving their enslaver on the boat.

Illustration of Jane Johnson and her sons being escorted off the boat by Philadelphia abolitionists while her enslaver attempts to keep her.

William Still, "Engravings by Bensell, Schell, and others." The underground rail road. A record of facts, authentic narratives, letters, &c., narrating the hardships, hair-breadth escapes, and death struggles of the slaves in their efforts for freedom, as related by themselves and others, or witnessed by the author; together with sketches of some of the largest stockholders, and most liberal aiders and advisers, of the road

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Boston African American National Historic Site, Code: BOAF

Boston African American National Historic Site, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Latitude: 42.3578987121582, Longitude: -71.0706024169922

https://archive.org/details/undergroundrailr00stil/page/n109/mode/2up

01/01/1872

Organization: Boston African American National Historic Site

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Monday, October 26, 2020 2:27:15 PM

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