From the Archives: Diaries and Journals:
Mortimer Payne Diary

January 10, 1854

 Had a call this morning from a couple of colored boys on their way to Canada and freedom – curious that men are compelled to leave our so-styled free country to gain their Liberty, but so it is I helped them what I could & with a God speed the fugitives from American slavery sent them on their way.

Mortimer Payne, resident of Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania

Source:  The Rev. Conrad and Donna S. Wilson collections