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A Chain of Many Hands Ends a Harrowing Escape
Chester dies after a self inflicted fall on the bridge as John, Grace, and Rebecca flee by train toward Philadelphia. A year later John speaks at Mother Bethel AME about the chain of hands that frees the enslaved, with Harriet Tubman’s message confirming his role in the abolitionist work.
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Grace
Chester
John
Rebecca
Grane
Frederick Junction
Beltimore
Philadelphia
Mother Bethel Ame
Anti-slavery Vigilance Committee
Richmond
Baltimore
Canada
America
Free Territory
Jubilee
Jubilee Walker
Julin
Mint
William
Harriet Tubman
Moses
Mello