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Prior to the Civil War, thousands escaped slavery via the Underground Railroad. Untold others failed in the attempt. The
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In this captivating tale, Randolph Paul Runyon follows the trail of the first woman imprisoned for assisting runaway sla
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The First Transcontinental Railroad, originally called the Pacific Railroad, was a railroad built in the United States b
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People running from slavery made many hard journeys to find freedom--on steamboats and in carriages, across rivers and i
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The 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, which mandated action to aid in the recovery of runaway slaves and denied fugitives legal r
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From Midnight to Dawn presents compelling portraits of the men and women who established the Underground Railroad and tr
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*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *In
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Chester County was home to a diverse patchwork of religious communities, antislavery activists and free Black population
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