Chapter III: The Methods of the Underground Railroad

Penalties for aiding fugitive slaves 47

Social contempt suffered by abolitionists 48

Espionage practised upon abolitionists 50

Rewards for the capture of fugitives and the kidnapping of
abolitionists 52

Devices to secure secrecy 54

Service at night 54

Methods of communication 56

Methods of conveyance 59

Zigzag and variable routes 61

Places of concealment 62

Disguises 64

Informality of management 67

Colored and white agents 69

City vigilance committees 70

Supplies for fugitives 76

Transportation of fugitives by rail 78

Transportation of fugitives by water 81

Rescue of fugitives under arrest 83

CHAPTER IV

UNDERGROUND AGENTS, STATION-KEEPERS, OR CONDUCTORS

Underground agents, station-keepers, or conductors 87

Their hospitality 87

Their principles 89

Their nationality 90

Their church connections 93

Their party affinities 99

Their local standing 101

Prosecutions of underground operators 101

Defensive League of Freedom proposed 103

Persons of prominence among underground helpers 104