Sept. 2, 1853 - John Walker- passing as a white man
Sept. 23, 1853 and October 25, 1853- John Henry Hill - traveled via steamship
Oct. 27, 1853- Mark Hamlet Thodgoff- advisable to send him away
Nov. 2, 1853- Robt. Jackson- shot while escaping
March 6, 1854- Sam'l Washington Johnson- importance of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Aug. 28, 1854- Wesley Kinnard- helped by Harriet Tubman
Sept. 8, 1854- John Henry Rickels- found his mother after 20 years
Sept. 25, 1854- Chas. King & Robert White- hired out
Oct. 21, 1854- Chas. Thompson- influenced by Uncle Tom's Cabin
Nov. 2, 1854 and May 19, 1856- John Cannon- letter from New York
Nov. 27, 1854- John Wesley Gibson- passing as a white man
Dec. 21, 1854- Issac William, Henry Banks, Kit Nickless- broke out of jail
Jan. 1, 1854- Peter Derrickson- benefit of his own labor
March 1, 1855- Mary Epps, Joseph and Robert Robinson- sale of children, description of southern slave prison
------- Sam'l Nixon- a dentist
June 22, 1855- Elias Jasper- skilled worker including daguerreotyping
June 29, 1855- Richard Green- master tries to take mother's child
Aug. 17, 1855- Elizabeth Banks- living in Pennsylvania for 2 years
Dec. 11, 1855- Sam'l Green- living in Pennsylvania for 9 years
Nov. 20, 1855- 21 arrivals- role of religion
Nov. 22, 1855- Ann Maria Whims (Weems)- dressed like a man to escape
Jan. 2, 1856- Robert Brown- swam the Potomac River
Jan. 16, 1856- 5 arrivals- almost caught
Jan. 29, 1856- Mary Jeffries, Mary Redden, Sarah Redden- living in Philadelphia for several years