underground railroad

Provides a brief history of the Underground Railroad, discussing the treatment of slaves, how the Underground Railroad began, and the routes taken.

A biography of the ninteenth-century woman who escaped slavery and helped many other slaves get to freedom on the Underground Railroad.

"Examines slavery and the Underground Railroad in the United States, including slavery in early America, the difficult daily life of a slave, the creation of the Underground railroad, and the courageous people who helped slaves escape to freedom"--Provided by publisher.

A collection of stories, based on real-life incidents, about slaves who escape to freedom by way of the Underground Railroad.

A fictionalized account of one family's escape from slavery via the Underground Railroad in western Virginia in August of 1843.

In 1739, having escaped from slavery under the British, thirteen-year-old Jem finds himself in the custody of sharp-tongued Phaedra at Fort Mose in Spanish Florida, but his efforts to break free of Phaedra's will have surprising results.

First-person narratives reveal the active role slaves played in their own escapes. Shows how slaves, with the help of free blacks and some whites, risked all they had to escape to freedom.

Follows four slaves as they escape their plantation life and begin a harrowing trek towards Canada.