num_pages: 96
description: In the decades leading up to the Civil War, between nearly 100,000 African Americans who escaped slavery in the South were secretly aided by northerners who helped the fugitives from injustice find safe shelter in the free states or Canada Life on the Underground Railroad explores the daily lives of those who received shelter and supplies at "stations, " and those who helped them.
language: English
title: Life on the Underground Railroad
titlecomplete: Life on the Underground Railroad (Way People Live)
ratings_count: 4
series: The Way People Live
publisher: Lucent Books