Freedom seekers who traveled on the underground railroad willingly placed their lives in the hands of complete strangers.
The Underground Railroad was a network of tunnels that transported freedom seekers from the South to the North.
Thousands of slaves are thought to have escaped from bondage through the underground railroad, but the large majority of enslaved Black people did not find freedom until the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
Which season of the year was best for traveling on the underground railroad?
Before the Civil War, African American churches in the North refrained from breaking the law and assisting freedom seekers.
