Joah Carter & the Underground Railroad - Part 4

"Dunkirk Evening Observer"

14 August 1891

"An Abolitionist correspondent in the Warren Ledger says Another Abolitionist in Sugar Grove was the late Joah Carter but it was thought by some that his prayers were longer than his pocketbook so some of the roguish boys thought they would black their faces and call on him at night for money to help them on their way to freedom.  He was about giving them a silver shilling, when his good wife who was holding a lighted candle discovered the deception and says, "I think thee is rather white behind the ear."