Record #105 from Abstracts from William Still's Underground Railroad - Enduring Connections

Traveler's Names	Anna Perry
Age	19
Description	dark brown color and came from neighborhood
Alias	–
Origin- Town/City	–
Origin- County	Dorchester Co.
Origin- State	Maryland
Destination	Canada
Birthplace	–
Slaveowner's Name	–
Chapter Title	Arrival from Hoopesville, Md, 1857
Page Number	439
Other Travelers	James Cain, "General Andrew Jackson" and Anna Perry
Other Conductors	–
Additional Names	–
Method of Travel	–
Additional Resources	–
Items in Possession	–
Full Narrative	ANNA PERRY was the intended of General. She was about nineteen years of age, of a dark brown color, and came from the same neighborhood. According to law Anna was entitled to her freedom, but up to the time of her escape she had not been permitted to enjoy the fafor. She found that if she would be free she would have to run for it.

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jesting, having done a smart thing in conquering his master by escaping ; but on a fuller investigation they found that he really bore the name, and meant to retain it in Canada. It had been given him when a child, and in Slavery he had been familiarly called "Andy," but since he had
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General Andrew was about twenty-seven years of age, a full black, and a man of extraordinary muscular powers, with coarse hard features, such as showed signs that it would not be safe* for his master to meddle with him when the General's blood was up.
He spoke freely of the man who claimed him as a slave, saying that his name was Shepherd Houston, of Lewistowu, Delaware, and that he owned seven head of " God's poor," whom he compelled to labor on his farm without a cent of pay, a day's schooling, or an hour's freedom ; furthermore, that
he was a member of the Ebenezer Methodist Church, a class-leader, and an exhorter, and in outward show passed for a good Christian. But in speaking of his practical dealings with his slaves, General said that he worked them hard, stinted them shamefully for food, and kept them all the time digging.
Also when testifying with regard to the " weaker vessel," under whose treatment he had suffered much, the General said that his master's wife had a meaner disposition than he had ; she pretended to belong to church too,
said General, but it was nothing but deceit.
This severe critic could not read, but he had very clear views on the ethics
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