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The Underground Railroad: Authentic Narratives and First-Hand Accounts
A riveting collection of the hardships, hairbreadth escapes, and mortal struggles of enslaved people seeking freedom, this unabridged edition of The Underground Railroad brings to light the terrors experienced by the thousands of African-Americans who sought a better life in the northern states of America and in Canada.
As a conductor for the railroad, William Still helped as many as eight hundred people escape enslavement and while doing so meticulously collected the letters, biographical sketches, arrival memos, ransom notes of the escapees, and more to creating an indispensable archive of the movement. Harrowing and incredibly moving, The Underground Railroad offers a fascinating insight into the greatest and most successful campaign of civil disobedience in American history