l march for said State,
and the only reason that he was not among them, was attributable to the
fact, that he had once been owned and thought pretty well of by the
brother of his mistress, who interceded in Thomas' behalf. This
interference had the desired effect, and Thomas was not sold. Still, his
eyes were fairly opened to see his danger and to learn a valuable lesson
at the same time; he, therefore, profited by it in escaping the first
chance. He left his mother Ann Williams, and one brother, James
Douglass, both slaves.

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ARRIVAL FROM FREDERICKSBURG, 1860.

HENRY TUDLE AND WIFE, MARY WILLIAMS.

Henry affirmed, that for the last twenty years, his freedom had been
promised him, and during all these long years, hardly a month had
passed, that he had not fixed his hopes upon a definite time, when his
bondage would end and his freedom commence. But he had been trusting the
word of a slave-holder, who had probably adopted this plan simply with a
view of drawing more willing toil out of him than he could have
accomplished in any other way.

Mary complained that she had suffered severely for food, and likewise
for privileges. Ezra Houpt was the name of Henry's master, and the name
of his mistress was Catharine, she was hasty and passionate; slaves were
shown no quarter under her. Mary was owned by Christian Thomas. He was
said to be not so hard, but his wife was very hard, so much so, that she
would rule both master and slaves. Her name was Mary Elizabeth.

SUNDRY ARRIVALS FROM MARYLAND, 1860.

SAM ARCHER, LEWIS PECK, DAVID EDWARDS, EDWARD CASTING, JOE HENRY, GEORGE
AND ALBERT WHITE, JOSEPH C. JOHNSON, DAVID SNIVELY, AND HENRY DUNMORE.

Sam Archer was to "become free at thirty-five years of age." He had
already served thirty years of this time; five years longer seemed an
age to him. The dangers from other sources presented also a frightful
aspect. Sam had seen too many who had stood exactly in the same
relations to Slavery and freedom, and not a few were held over their
time, or cheated out of their freedom altogether. He stated that his own
mother was "kept over her time," simply "that her master might get all
her children." Two boys and two girls were thus gained, and were slaves
for life. These facts tended to increase Sam's desire to get away before
his time was out; he, therefore, decided to get off via the Underground
Rail Road. He grew very tir