The underground rail road
Subtitle: a record of facts, authentic narratives, letters, &c. narrating the hardships hair-breadth escapes and death struggles of the slaves in their efforts for freedom, as related by themselves and others, or witnessed by the author; together with sketches of some of the largest stockholders, and most liberal aiders and advisers of the road.
Series: Ebony classics
Publisher: Johnson Pub. Co.
Published: 1970
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 812
Subjects: Underground railroad; Fugitive slaves -- United States; Antislavery movements -- United States
Description: A reprint of an 1872 book in which the author, whose parents were slaves, recounts his first-hand experiences as an operator on the Underground Railroad in Philadelphia.
Notes: First published in 1872.