e done a good work.
This story of the heroic conduct of fugitives from oppression, and of
the devotion of their friends, will be read with deep interest,
especially by the old friends of the slave in the stern struggle through
which we have passed. I hope your labors will be rewarded by a grateful
public.

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_FROM HORACE GREELEY_.

_Dear Sir:_--For most of the years I have lived, the escape of fugitives
from slavery, and their efforts to baffle the human and other
bloodhounds who tracked them, formed the romance of American History.
That romance is now ended, and our grandchildren will hardly believe its
leading incidents except on _irresistible testimony_. I rejoice that you
are collecting and presenting _that testimony_, and heartily wish you a
great success.

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_FROM HON. CHARLES SUMMER, LATE U.S. SENATOR FROM MASS._

The Underground Railroad has performed its part, but must always be
remembered gratefully, as one of the peculiar institutions of our
country. I cannot think of it without a throbbing heart.

You do well to commemorate those associated with it by service or by
benefit--the saviors and the saved. The army of the late war has had its
"Roll of Honor." You will give us two other, rolls, worthy of equal
honor--the roll of fugitives from slavery, helped on their way to
freedom, and also the roll of their self-sacrificing benefactors. I
always hesitated which to honor most, the fugitive slave or the citizen
who helped him, in defiance of unjust laws. Your book will teach us to
honor both.

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_FROM JOHN G. WHITTIER_.

The story of the escaped fugitives--the perils, the terrors of pursuit
and re-capture--the shrewdness which baffled the human blood-hounds--the
untiring zeal and devotion of the friends of the slave in the free
States, are well described.

_The book is more interesting than any romance_. It will be of permanent
value to the historian of the country, during the anti-slavery struggle.

_I cheerfully commend it to the public favor_.

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_FROM J. WHEATON SMITH, D.D._

I am happy to find that material for this interesting work exists. I had
feared that much which will be here recorded, would perish with the
brave and worthy men who were personally interested. These verities of
history contain the interest of ro