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sides of human nature are successfully exhibited. Here heroism and |
patience stand out transfigured; there selfishness and brutality hold |
carnival till it seems as though justice had been exiled and God had |
forgotten his own. The number of cases reported is very large, and the |
method in which the author has done his work is commendable. There is no |
rhetorical ambition. The narratives are embodied in plain language. The |
facts are left to make their own impression, without an attempt to |
embellish them by the aid of imagination. And the work is timely." |
* * * * * |
_FROM THE "FRIENDS' REVIEW," PHILADELPHIA._ |
"We are glad to see this book. We anticipate for it a large circulation, |
and a permanent rank in a peculiar and painful department of history. |
The writer is one among very many who are entitled to the hearty support |
of philanthropists for their services rendered, often at considerable |
sacrifices and imminent peril, for the rescue and aid of those who were |
wickedly held in bondage.... The _Underground Railroad_ should have a |
place in every comprehensive library, private or public. |