Underground Railroad Escapes (described by William Still)

Robert Brown was born about 1818.

Robert Jackson (alias Wesley Harris) was born enslaved in Martinsburg in Western Virginia.

Robert Jackson was hired out to Margaret Carrell to work at her United States Hotel in Harpers Ferry, Western Virginia.

After escaping to freedom and then being wounded and captured by slave bounty hunters, Robert Jackson escaped from a tavern in what is believed to by Taneytown, MD.

Robert Jackson arrived safely at the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery in Philadelphia. As soon as he recuperated, he was sent to Canada, where slavery was illegal.

John and George Logan escaped from captivity in Berkeley County through the Underground Railroad.

Robert Brown's family was sold to a Richmond slave trader, prompting him to escape.

After escaping from captivity, Robert Brown swam across the frigid Potomac River to get to Maryland.

Robert Brown arrived safely in Philadelphia on "New Year's night, 1857, about two hours before day break," interpreted as the early morning hours of January 2.

William Still published his account of The Underground Railroad, detailing the plights of Robert Jackson, Robert Brown, the Logan brothers, and many others.