Title: The Underground Railroad
Description: Full of true stories more dramatic than any fiction, The Underground Railroad: A Reference Guide offers a fresh, revealing look at the efforts of hundreds of dedicated persons--white and black, men and women, from all walks of life--to help slave fugitives find freedom in the decades leading up to the Civil War. --from publisher description.
Subjects: Underground railroad, Slavery, Fugitive slaves, Abolitionists, History, Antislavery movements, Antislavery movements, united states, Fugitive slaves, united states, Slavery, united states, history
Places: United States
Time periods: 19th century