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The Underground Railroad was a decentralized network of White abolitionists, free Blacks, former slaves, Mexicans, Native Americans, and others opposing slavery in the United States who established secret routes and havens to help slaves...

William M. Mitchell (circa 1826 to circa 1879) was a free-born Black overseer in North Carolina who, after 12 years managing slaves on a plantation, experienced a religious awakening, condemned slavery, left North Carolina for Ohio, and became...

William Still (1819-1902) was an African American abolitionist known as the "Father of the Underground Railroad" for his efforts in helping to free between 600 to 800 people from slavery. Born the son of formerly enslaved parents, Still devoted...

Harriet Tubman (circa 1822-1913) was a former slave, abolitionist, women's rights activist, and famous conductor on the Underground Railroad. She served as a cook, nurse, scout, and spy for the Union Army during the American Civil War and...

Title: The Legacy of William Still: Father of the Underground Railroad Join us on a journey through the life of William Still, an unsung hero of the Underground Railroad. This documentary delves into the remarkable story of a man who was...

Routes of the Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes and safe havens to help slaves escape, illustration from The underground railroad from slavery to freedom by Wilbur Henry Siebert, 1898.

Escape was one of the many ways that enslaved people resisted their captivity in the system of American slavery. The Underground Railroad was not literally a railroad. It was a network of people, routes, and safe houses that helped people...

The International Underground Railroad Memorial, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Photograph by Mikerussell, 2007.

In Atlanta, Georgia, Union soldiers under William Tecumseh Sherman destroy a railroad during the American Civil War, photograph by George N. Barnard, 1864. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Lear Green (circa 1839-1860) was an enslaved African American woman in Baltimore, Maryland, who had herself shipped in a chest to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to escape slavery. Her story is frequently compared to that of Henry Box Brown (circa...