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... became le- gally free in 1827 , her master refused to comply with the law . She left , but was pursued and found . Rather than have her go back , however , a friend paid for her services for the rest of the year . Then there came an ...
... became le- gally free in 1827 , her master refused to comply with the law . She left , but was pursued and found . Rather than have her go back , however , a friend paid for her services for the rest of the year . Then there came an ...
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... became a man of large responsibilities and means . It is most interesting , however , to go back to his early days of struggle . We read as follows : " Soon after getting the crop planted Mr. Groves decided to marry . When he reached ...
... became a man of large responsibilities and means . It is most interesting , however , to go back to his early days of struggle . We read as follows : " Soon after getting the crop planted Mr. Groves decided to marry . When he reached ...
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... became very sick , and her mother now persuaded her master to let the girl come home for a while . Soon after Harriet entered her teens she suffered a misfortune that embarrassed her all the rest of her life . She had been hired out as ...
... became very sick , and her mother now persuaded her master to let the girl come home for a while . Soon after Harriet entered her teens she suffered a misfortune that embarrassed her all the rest of her life . She had been hired out as ...
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... became known to Thomas Garrett , the great - hearted Quaker of Wil- mington , who aided not less than three thou- sand fugitives to escape , and also to Gerrit Smith , Wendell Phillips , William II . Seward , F. B. Sanborn , and many ...
... became known to Thomas Garrett , the great - hearted Quaker of Wil- mington , who aided not less than three thou- sand fugitives to escape , and also to Gerrit Smith , Wendell Phillips , William II . Seward , F. B. Sanborn , and many ...
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... became known , she gave of her own slender means for the work . Between 1852 and 1857 she made but one or two journeys , because of the increasing vigilance of slaveholders and the Fugitive Slave Law . Great rewards were offered for her ...
... became known , she gave of her own slender means for the work . Between 1852 and 1857 she made but one or two journeys , because of the increasing vigilance of slaveholders and the Fugitive Slave Law . Great rewards were offered for her ...
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