York / Gaysport / Philadelphia / Hollidaysburg / Johnstown / Pittsburgh / Blairsville / /
Company
Allegheny / Cambria Iron Co. / New York Herald / The North Star / /
Continent
Africa / North America / /
Country
Canada / Liberia / Israel / /
Event
Judicial Event / Person Travel / Person Communication and Meetings / /
Facility
Canal Streets / tavern Parsons / Kellerman’s tavern / Cambria Iron Co. store / Mainline Canal / Main Line Canal / /
IndustryTerm
transportation / public transportation / food / canal boat builders / car builders / law abiding people / federal law / /
Organization
Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society / American Anti-Slavery Society / Virginia legislature / /
Person
Martin Delany / Piper / Virginia Attorney / James Heslop / Samuel Williams Samuel Williams / Henry Wilson Storey / George Potts / Mitchell / James A. Swank / Jake Green / J.R. Tucker / Jacob Green / James Parsons / Stump / John Vashon / James Gale Heslop / Frederick Douglass / Crawford / James Heslop Like Samuel Williams / Isaac Parsons / Laurel Hill / Sydney Carr / Cyrus Pershing / Francis S. Johnson / James Parsons / Jr. / George A. Wise / /
Position
businessman / prosecutor / d-d head / businessman to historian James A. Swank / minister / d-d nigger catcher / Colonel / Governor / Attorney General / prominent businessman to historian James A. Swank / /
ProvinceOrState
West Virginia / Indiana / Cambria County / Gaysport / Maryland / Pennsylvania / Hampshire County / Virginia / /
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