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“…anti-slavery conventions…”

The National Anti-Slavery Standard, December 27, 1856, p. 3.

“…twice the population…”

The National Era, January 8, 1857, p. 8.

“…like that of man and wife…”

Letter from Rutson Maury to Ann Maury, March 19, 1862, held in the Maury Family materials at the Special Collections department of the Swem Library at William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia.

“…Yankeedom and Slavedom…”

Letter from Ann Maury to “Cousin,” probably Ann Fontaine Maury’s mother, March 6, 1861, held in the Maury Family Collection at the Special Collections department of Alderman Library at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia.

“…their famous navy cousin…”

Although even Matthew Fontain Maury sometimes employed comets metaphorically, there is no account of the Maurys likening the advent of war to the movement of a comet—though surely everyone in the family was familiar with his work.

“…emptying chamber pots…”

Berlin, I., & Harris, L. M. (2005). Slavery in New York. New York: New Press, pp. 75, 136.

“…fake freedom papers…”

The National Anti-Slavery Standard, January 3, 1857, p. 3.

“…cowhide whips…”

Berlin, I., & Harris, L. M. (2005). Slavery in New York. New York: New Press, p. 22.

“…to give up his seat on a train…”

The National Anti-Slavery Standard, December 27, 1856, p. 3.

“…separated during their escapes…”

The National Anti-Slavery Standard, January 3, 1857, p. 1.

“Girls of fourteen and fifteen…”

The National Anti-Slavery Standard, January 3, 1857, p. 3.

“In 1712…”

Berlin, I., & Harris, L. M. (2005). Slavery in New York. New York: New Press, pp. 78-79.

“…poisoned by their cook.”

The National Era, January 8, 1857, p. 7.

“…more than five-hundred lashes…”

The National Anti-Slavery Standard, January 10, 1857, p. 1.