d. It was established for
the purpose of aiding slaves to escape from their masters in the South,
but its operations were so mysterious and secret that, although
everybody knew and spoke vaguely of its existence during the time of
slavery, yet none but the initiated knew the secrets of its management
and operations. These are now revealed for the first time in this work,
and are as strange and wonderful as the most absorbing pictures of
romance."

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_FROM, THE CHRISTIAN RECORDER, PHILA._

There has been no such work produced by any colored man in the country.
"My Bondage and my Freedom," by Douglass, was a remarkable book, and was
justly appreciated by the liberty-loving people of the North and of
England, but it was the story of a single hero. Comparatively, the same
may be said of the lives of Jermain Logan and others. But all these were
but the exploits of individuals. The work of Mr. Still, however, takes a
broader scope. It is the story of scores of heroes--heroes that equalled
Douglass in nerve, and Logan in tact, and excelled either in thrilling
adventure.

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_FROM "ZION'S HERALD," BOSTON._

"It is a big book in manner, matter, and spirit; the biggest book
America has yet written. It is our 'Book of Martyrs,' and William Still
is our Fox the Chronicler. It is the 'thousand witnesses' of Theodore
Weld, enlarged and intensified. It is more than Uncle Tom, Wilson's
'History of the Anti-slavery War,' or the hundred histories of the war
itself....

"The book is well illustrated with portraits of the railroad managers,
and with scenes taken from life, and is far the most entertaining and
instructive story ever issued from the American press. Everybody should
buy, read, and transmit to his children these annals of our heroic age."

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_FROM THE "MORNING STAR," DOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE._

"The work is intensely interesting. Many of the narratives thrill the
reader through and through. Some of them awaken an indignation, a
horror, or a sense of humiliation and shame that makes the blood curdle
or the cheek flush, or the breathing difficult. The best and the worst
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.