Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #114 from Abstracts from William Still's Underground Railroad

Traveler's Names Eohraim Ennis
Age
Description a man of superior physical strength
Alias
Origin- Town/City Chester
Origin- County Kent
Origin- State Maryland
Destination Canada
Birthplace
Slaveowner's Name Michael Newbold
Chapter Title Arrival from Kent County, Maryland, 1859
Page Number 486
Other Travelers Asbury Irwin, Ephraim Ennis, and Lydia Ann Johns
Other Conductors
Additional Names
Method of Travel
Additional Resources
Items in Possession
Full Narrative EPHRAIM was a fellow-servant and companion of Asbury. He was a man of superior physical strength, and from all outward appearance, he possessed qualities susceptible of ready improvement. He not only spoke of Newbold in terms of strong condemnation but of slave-holders and slavery everywhere. The lessons he had learned gave him ample opportunity to speak from experience and from what he had observed in the daily practices of slave-holders; consequently, with his ordinary gifts, it was impossible for him to utter his earnest feelings without making a deep impression.

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