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

and Strange Discoveries

This was especially true in that it was capable of being applied to non-bodily crimes like theft or forgery

Coloring Pine to Imitate Black Walnut

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,