or pretended to be so. Notwithstanding, in talking with me, he said that
he was coming to my pallet that night, and with an oath he declared if I
made a noise he would cut my throat. I told him I would not be there.
Accordingly he did go to my room, but I had gone for shelter to another
room. At this his wrath waxed terrible. Next morning I was called to
account for getting out of his way, and I was beaten awfully." This
outrage moved Nancy to a death-struggle for her freedom, and she
succeeded by dressing herself in male attire.

After her harrowing story was told with so much earnestness and
intelligence, she was asked as to the treatment she had received at the
hand of Mrs. Christian (her mistress). In relation to her, Nancy said,
"Mrs. Christian was afraid of him (master); if it hadn't been for that I
think she would have been clever; but I was often threatened by her, and
once she undertook to beat me, but I could not stand it. I had to
resist, and she got the worst of it that time."

All that may now be added, is, that the number of young slave girls
shamefully exposed to the base lusts of their masters, as Nancy
was--truly was legion. Nancy was but one of the number who resisted
influences apparently overpowering. All honor is due her name and
memory!

She was brought away secreted on a boat, but the record is silent as to
which one of the two or three Underground Rail Road captains (who at
that time occasionally brought passengers), helped her to escape. It was
hard to be definite concerning minor matters while absorbed in the
painful reflections that her tale of suffering had naturally awakened.
If one had arisen from the dead the horrors of Slavery could scarcely
have been more vividly pictured! But in the multitude of travelers
coming under the notice of the Committee, Nancy's story was soon
forgotten, and new and marvellous narratives were told of others who had
shared the same bitter cup, who had escaped from the same hell of
Slavery, who had panted for the same freedom and won the same prize.

ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND, 1858.

ORLANDO J. HUNT.

When Orlando escaped from Richmond the Underground Rail Road business
was not very brisk. A disaster on the road, resulting in the capture of
one or two captains, tended to damp the ardor of some who wanted to
come, as well as that of sympathizers. The road was not idle, however.
Orlando's coming was hailed with great satisfaction. He was twenty-nine
yea