Engraving shows Harry Grimes, a fugitive slave from North Carolina. During his 1857 escape, Grimes lived in the woods, taking shelter in a cave and a hollowed out poplar tree. Here, he builds a fire with some charcoal that he found., Illustration in William Still's Underground Rail Road: a record of facts, authentic narratives, letters, &c. (Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1872), p. 425., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Resistance.
Creator
Bensell, Edmund Birckhead, b. 1842, engraver
Date
[1872]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1872 Still 19214.O p 425, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2825
