| Traveler's Names | Silas Long |
|---|---|
| Age | 27 |
| Description | quite black, spare-built |
| Alias | – |
| Origin- Town/City | Cambridge |
| Origin- County | Dorchester |
| Origin- State | Maryland |
| Destination | Canada |
| Birthplace | – |
| Slaveowner's Name | Sheriff Robert Bell |
| Chapter Title | Arrival from Cambridge, 1857 |
| Page Number | 394 |
| Other Travelers | Silas Long, Solomon Light |
| Other Conductors | – |
| Additional Names | – |
| Method of Travel | – |
| Additional Resources | – |
| Items in Possession | – |
| Full Narrative | SILAS LONG and SOLOMON LIGHT. Silas and Solomon both left together from Cambridge, Md. SILAS was quite black, spare-built and about twenty-seven years of age. He was owned by Sheriff Robert Bell, a man about "sixty years of age, and had his name up to be the hardest man in the county." " The Sheriff's wife was about pretty much such a woman as he was a man ? there was not a pin's point of difference between them." The fear of having to be sold caused this Silas to seek the Underground Rail Road. Leaving his mother, one brother and one cousin, and providing himself with a Bowie-knife and a few dollars in money, he resolved to reach Canada, "or die on the way." Of course, when slaves reached this desperate point, the way to Canada was generally found. |
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