| Traveler's Names | Solomon Light |
|---|---|
| Age | 23 |
| Description | a good looking "article" |
| Alias | – |
| Origin- Town/City | Cambridge |
| Origin- County | Dorchester |
| Origin- State | Maryland |
| Destination | Canada |
| Birthplace | – |
| Slaveowner's Name | Willie Branick |
| Chapter Title | Arrival from Cambridge, 1857 |
| Page Number | 394 |
| Other Travelers | Silas Long, Solomon Light |
| Other Conductors | – |
| Additional Names | – |
| Method of Travel | – |
| Additional Resources | – |
| Items in Possession | – |
| Full Narrative | SILAS LONG and SOLOMON LIGHT. Silas and Solomon both left together from Cambridge, Md. SOLOMON was about twenty-three years of age, a good-natured-looking "article," who also left Cambridge, and the protection of a certain Willis Branick, described as an "unaccountable mean man." "He never gave me any money in his life," said Sol., " but spent it pretty freely for liquor." " He would not allow enough to eat, or clothing sufficient." And he sold Sol.'s brother the year before he fled, " because he could not whip him." The fear of being sold prompted Sol. to flee. The very day he escaped he had a serious combat with two of his master's sons. The thumb of one of them being " badly bit," and the other used roughly ? the ire of the master and sons was raised to a very high degree ? and the verdict went forth that " Sol. should be sold to-morrow." Unhesitatingly, he started for the Underground Rail Road and Canada ? and his efforts were not in vain. Damages, $1,500. |
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