 A runaway's den was discovered on Sunday, near the Washington Spring, in a little patch of woods, where it had been for several months so artfully concealed under ground, that it was detected only by accident, though in sight of two or three houses, and...  The New sporting magazine - Page 1911855Full view - About this book
 | Julius Rubens Ames - Antislavery movements - 1837 - 716 pages
..." A runaway's den was discovered on Sundav near the Washington Spring, in a little patch of woods, where it had been for several months, so artfully concealed under ground, that it was dc. tectcd only by accident, though in sight of two or three nouses, and near the road and fields where... | |
 | Theodore Dwight Weld - Enslaved persons - 1839 - 236 pages
..." A runaway's den was discovered on Sunday near the Washington Spring, hi a little patch of woods, where it had been for several months, so artfully...constant daily passing. The entrance was concealed by a pUe of pine straw, representing a hog bed — which being removed, discovered a trap door and steps... | |
 | American Anti-Slavery Society - Enslaved persons - 1839 - 236 pages
..." A runaway's den was discovered on Sunday near the Washington Spring, in a little patch of woods, where it had been for several months, so artfully...only by accident, though in sight of two or three nouses, and near the road and fields where there has been constant daily passing. The entrance was... | |
 | British and Foreign Anti-slavery Society - Antislavery movements - 1841 - 308 pages
...and of the good luck of a ' Mr. Adams,' in running down one of them ' with his excellent dogs.' 121 so artfully concealed under ground, that it was detected only by accident, though in the sight of two or three houses, and near the road and fields where there has been constant daily... | |
 | William Ingersoll Bowditch - Enslaved persons - 1849 - 182 pages
..." A runaway's den was discovered on Sunday, near the Washington Spring, in a little patch of woods, where it had been for several months so artfully concealed...concealed by a pile of pine straw, representing a hog-bed, which being removed, discovered a trapdoor and steps that led to a room about six feet square,... | |
 | William Wells Brown - 1853 - 296 pages
..."A runaway's den was discovered on Sunday, near the Washington Spring, in a little patch of woods, where it had been for several months so artfully concealed...detected only by accident, though in sight of two or thrte bouses, and near the road and fields where there has been constant daily passing. The entrance... | |
 | William Wells Brown - Fiction - 1996 - 220 pages
..."A runaway's den was discovered on Sunday, near the Washington Spring, in a little patch of woods, where it had been for several months so artfully concealed...concealed by a pile of pine straw, representing a hog-bed, which being removed, discovered a trap-door and steps that led to a room about six feet square,... | |
 | Timothy B. Powell - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 240 pages
...description from the Vicksburgh Sentinel: "A runaway's den [was] discovered ... in a little patch of woods, where it had been for several months so artfully concealed under ground, that he was detected only by accident" (82). In the following chapter, entitled "The Quadroon's Home," Brown... | |
 | William Wells Brown - Fiction - 2003 - 324 pages
..."A runaway's den was discovered on Sunday, near the Washington Spring, in a little patch of woods, where it had been for several months so artfully concealed...concealed by a pile of pine straw, representing a hog-bed, which being removed, discovered a trapdoor and steps that led to a room about six feet square,... | |
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