William BUNDY

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http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~muddybun/stories.htm#Underground: Bundys and the Underground Railroad The family of William Bundy (born in 1780 in North Carolina) and hiswife Sarah Overman, moved from North Carolina with the opening of theNorthwest Territory, into Belmont Co, Ohio. They settled aroundBarnesville and there William died in 1828. His family were allanti-slavery as were many Quakers of that time. To back up theirbeliefs with action, the family operated a station on the "undergroundrailroad" on their farm. Since they were just across the Ohio Riverfrom Virginia (now West Virginia), they were often the first stop forslaves who just crossed. One of the places the family would hide theseslaves was their hay mow, where they could have a group living for asmuch as two weeks or more, waiting for the optimum moment to procedenorth to Canada. The United States law regarding runaway slaves in not well knowntoday. Even in the free state of the north, slaves were regarded asproperty to be returned to their owners in the South. If you aidedthem to escape, you were liable to prosecution as a criminal. Thussuch aid was very dangerous to perform. And there were a large numberof armed slave catchers (bounty hunters), who made a good living atcatching the runaways and returning them for a reward, along withsevere punishment for the unfortunate captives. William Bundy Jr, the 8th child of William and Sarah acted as aconductor, taking the groups from the Bundy farm north to the nextstation, in the area of Salem, Columbiana Co, Ohio. This made him acriminal by the laws of the day. William would wait for just the rightconditions, when there were no bounty hunters around, and when theweather was such as to hide these illegal activities. One evening, these conditions were met. The Bundys and a good sizedgroup, including most of a family present. The weather had turnedstormy and nasty, just right for a secret trip. William Jr, or "BlackBill" as his was known, gathered his group, and they quietly madetheir way through the town, avoiding any chances of being caught. Asthey were on their way out of town, they passed the Ebenezer BaptistChurch. Just as they got there, the church suddenly let out withlights and people everywhere. They had had an evening service and theweather was so bad that the people decided to wait it out. Black Bill was seen by everyone, and was effectively caught"red-handed" But he continued on with his group, guiding them on thethe next safe house. When he returned he expected to be taken intocustody and charged with aiding the escape of "property" But to hissurprise, there was no one waiting for him and no one in town saidanything about the matter. He came to realize that he and his familywere held in high regard, and no one would turn them in. Thus he wasable to live up to his conscience with action.

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Einsender	Karl-Heinz Böttcher
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