Record #115 from Abstracts from William Still's Underground Railroad - Enduring Connections

Traveler's Names	Lydia Ann Johns
Age	22
Description	Chestnut color and a pleasant countenance
Alias	–
Origin- Town/City	Chester
Origin- County	Kent Co
Origin- State	Maryland
Destination	Canada
Birthplace	–
Slaveowner's Name	Michael Newbold
Chapter Title	Arrival from Kent County, Maryland, 1860
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	LYDIA also fled from Michael Newbold. She was a young married woman, only twenty-two years of age, of a chestnut color and a pleasant countenance. Her flight for liberty cost her her husband, as she was obliged to leave him behind. What understanding was entered into between them prior to her departure we failed to note at the time. It was very clear that she had decided never to wear the yoke again.

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While Asbury's story appeared truthful and simple, a portion of it was too shocking to morality and damaging to humanity to be inserted in these pages.
Asbury was about forty years of age, a man of dark hue, size and height about mediocrity, and mental ability quite above the average.

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