Provides over twenty articles from the era of slavery in which slaves and abolitionists discuss the experience of fleeing slavery, the perils and punishments of trying to escape, efforts to assist runaways, and obstacles to freedom.
Content Note
The perils of recounting escape stories / by Frederick Douglass -- How the railroad operated / by Charles A. Garlick -- Toward a new life in Canada / by James Adams -- Eluding the slave patrols / by Francis Henderson -- An unusual escape / by Henry "Box" Brown -- A secret hiding place / by Harriet Jacobs -- A lie that leads to freedom / by Moses Roper -- A daring disguise / by William and Ellen Craft -- A failed escape / by William Wells Brown -- Boston protests the return of Anthony Burns to slavery / by Charlotte Forten -- The tragedy of Margaret Garner / by Levi Coffin -- Accused of helping runaway slaves / by William Still -- An angry crown rescues a captive fugitive slave / by Sarah H. Bradford -- A friend of the slaves / by Levi Coffin -- The Underground Railroad in the Midwest / by Laura S. Haviland -- Making the case for freedom / by Thomas Garrett -- The trial of a Quaker hero / by Harriet Beecher Stowe -- The Fugitive Slave Act / by the U.S. Congress -- The Fugitive Slave Act is just / by Daniel Webster -- A fugitive seems to recant / by the Buffalo commercial advertiser, the Buffalo morning express, and the New York daily tribune -- The abduction of a free black man / by Solomon Northup.