This book presents accounts of narrow escapes executed by oppressed individuals and groups while illuminating social issues and the historical background that led to the event known as the Underground Railroad.
General Note
Title proper from title frame.
Includes chronology.
Includes glossary.
Content Note
"Is thee a slave?" -- Slavery : "the next thing to hell" -- "There must be an Underground Railroad" -- "I had crossed that line" : true UGRR stories -- The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and the UGRR -- The end of slavery.