underground railroad

Around 1820 Harriet Tubman was born into slavery and suffered greatly before her escape to freedom. After her escape she rescued more than 70 slaves, worked as a nurse, a cook, and led spy missions into Confederate territory.

Maps, photographs, appendices, and text chronicle the participation of abolitionists in the Adirondack region in the Underground Railroad, profiling key contributors, abolition meetings and conventions, and Underground Railroad stations in each county.

Peg Leg Joe travels from plantation to plantation singing the Drinking Gourd song that will guide slaves to freedom in the North.

Introduces the Underground Railroad, describing hardships, traveling at night, and the dangerous flight toward freedom.

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

A simple presentation of the life of Harriet Tubman, who helped over 300 slaves, including her elderly parents, to escape to freedom via the Underground Railroad.

Looks at the life of Harriet Tubman, an African-American woman who escaped from slavery to become famous as a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

A courageous young white man aids slaves escaping from Kentucky in pre-Civil War days.