Tales of the People, Places, and Events that formed
our county. Charley Garlick: In His Own Words
The Life, including his Escape and Struggle for Liberty, of Charles A. Garlick, born a Slave in
Old Virginia, who secured his Freedom by running away from his master's farm in 1843. First
published in 1902. Betsy Cowles Abolitionist and suffragette. Joshua R. Giddings Famed abolitionist and lawyer.