De fugitives would be concealed for twenty-four hours or more, and den passed on at night again to de next station.

Dose formed the larger portion ob de body.
"Dere were oders who lived a life in de swamps, scattered trough the country.

Deir place of residence would be known to de slabes ob de neighborhood, but de masters had no suspicion dat de emissaries ob de association were so near.

To dese any negro, driben to desperation by harsh treatment, would resort, and from dem instructions would be received as to de route to be taken, and de places where aid could be obtained.

Dose people held deir life in deir hands.