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86 of title, she was remanded to the custody of Mr. Smith, to be conveyed to the State onof [sic] Missouri." Poor woman, she must go back into the Dungeon of Slavery, and suffer the fury of a task-master. She was not so fortunate as the Fugitives, whose narrative I will give next.

Before the passing of the pernicious Slave law, eight Fugitives travelled some two hundred miles through the State of Ohio, to Cleveland, on the edge of Lake Erie, to reach Canada, from whence they must cross the Lake, and this they could only do on a steam boat, and one happened to be just about ready to start. The captain was one of the Conductors of our Rail-road. These eight Fugitives came on board; as they stepped on, the captain turned his back to them, so that he might be justified in saying he did not see them come on board, if he should be questioned about them; however, they were packed away as freight. Their pursuers were close on them. Just before the steamer left the shore they came on board, but they did not know their Slaves were there. They intended to go to Detroit, on the State side, where, in all probability, they would meet them in the act of crossing the Detroit river, going into Canada, as they had gone, in their opinion, another way. The next morning, about eight o'clock, the passengers all prepared for breakfast, as the steamer had not yet arrived. These Negro-catchers, walking on the deck,