A Union Captain and his capture…escape…Quakers!
The Emmitsburg Area Historical Society (Emmitsburg, Maryland) has plenty of first person accounts sharing local history. One of my favoritesContinue Reading
Month: September 2020
Loudoun County and the Paddy rollers
“…the paddy rollers would come an’ horse whip every las’ one of ’em, jes cause poor souls were praying toContinue Reading
“He talked like a Quaker…” Wesley Harris, tricked during his Underground Railroad escape
I recently re-read the Wesley Harris interview in William Still’s book, Underground Railroad, published in 1872. The whole scene, asContinue Reading
