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CONTENTS.
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CHAPTER XVII.
SECOND JOURNEY ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.
A shower of stars.—Kentuckians.—A stratagem.—A providence.—Conducted across the Miami River by a cow.—Arrival at Cincinnati.—One of the party taken ill.—We leave him to die.—Meet a "friend."—A poor white man.— strange impression.—Once more in Canada,
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CHAPTER XVIII.
HOME AT DAWN.
Condition in Canada.—Efforts in behalf of my people.—Rev. Mr. Wilson.—A convention of blacks.—Manual-labor school,
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CHAPTER XIX.
LUMBERING OPERATIONS.
Industrial project.—Find some able friends in Boston.—Procure funds and construct a saw-mill.—Sales of lumber in Boston.—Incident in the Custom House,
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CHAPTER XX.
VISIT TO ENGLAND.
Debt on the institution.—A new pecuniary enterprise.—Letters of recommendation to England.—Personal difficulties.—Called an impostor.—Triumphant victory over these troubles,
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CHAPTER XXI.
THE WORLD'S FAIR IN LONDON.
My contribution to the great exhibition.—Difficulty with the American superintendent.—Happy release.—The great crowd.—A call from the Queen.—Medal awarded to me,
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