| Traveler's Names | John Wesley Smith |
|---|---|
| Age | 26 |
| Description | – |
| Alias | – |
| Origin- Town/City | Cambridge |
| Origin- County | Dorchester Co. |
| Origin- State | Maryland |
| Destination | Canada |
| Birthplace | – |
| Slaveowner's Name | Daniel Hubert |
| Chapter Title | Arrival from Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia |
| Page Number | 508 |
| Other Travelers | John Wesley Smith, Robert Murray, Susan Stewart, Josephine Smith |
| Other Conductors | – |
| Additional Names | – |
| Method of Travel | – |
| Additional Resources | – |
| Items in Possession | – |
| Full Narrative | Daniel Hubert was fattening on John Wesley's earnings contrary to his, John's, idea of right. For a long time John failed to see the remedy, but as he grew older and wiser the scales fell from his eyes and he per- ceived that the Underground Rail Road ran near his master's place, Cambridge, Md., and by a very little effort and a large degree of courage and perseverance he might manage to get out of Maryland and on to Canada, where slave-holders had no more rights than other people. These reflections came seriously into John's mind at about the age of twenty-six; being about this time threatened with the auction-block he bade slavery good-night, jumped into the Underground Rail Road car and off he hurried for Pennsylvania. His mother, Betsy, one brother, and one sister were left in the hands of Hubert. John Wesley could pray for them and wish them well, but nothing more. |
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