The Slave Narratives Collection. Underground Railroad (20 stories). Illustrated

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The Underground Railroad was a network of clandestine routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early- to the mid-19th century. It was used by enslaved African Americans primarily to escape into free states and Canada.The network was assisted by abolitionists and others sympathetic to the cause of the escapees.The enslaved persons who risked escape and those who aided them are also collectively referred to as the "Underground Railroad". Various other routes led to Mexico, where slavery had been abolished, and to islands in the Caribbean that were not part of the slave trade. An earlier escape route running south toward Florida, then a Spanish possession (except 1763–1783), existed from the late 17th century until approximately 1790.However, the network now generally known as the Underground Railroad began in the late 18th century. It ran north and grew steadily until the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln. One estimate suggests that by 1850, approximately 100,000 enslaved people had escaped to freedom via the network.

Contents:

Henry Box Brown 

William Wells Brown 

James Hambleton Christian 

Theophilus Collins 

Seth Concklin  

William and Ellen Craft  

Frederick Douglass 

Abram Galloway and Richard Eden 

Charles Gilbert 

Samuel Green 

Jamie Griffin 

Harry Grimes 

James Hamlet and Others 

Josiah Henson 

John Henry Hill 

Ann Maria Jackson and Her Seven Children 

Harriet Jacobs 

Jane Johnson 

Matilda Mahoney 

Mary Frances Melvin 

Aunt Hannah Moore 

Alfred S. Thornton 

The Underground Railroad was a network of clandestine routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early- to the mid-19th century. It was used by enslaved African Americans primarily to escape into free states and Canada.The network was assisted by abolitionists and others s...

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