"We said Ohio would not stand. That fugitives
could not be taken from our land. We'd from the Union surely withdraw. Unless
they'd pass a better law. So, another way folks said was right. To help the
oppressed escape by night. For when they got to Canada's shore. They would be free
forever more. This plan they called the Underground I wondered oft where it was
found." Published in "Sidney Daily
News," 1953 issue. |