Get on Board: The Story of the Underground Railroad

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Discusses the Underground Railroad, the secret, loosely organized network of people and places that helped many slaves escape north to freedom.

How the Underground Railroad got its name —

Long history of slave escapes, and of fugitive slave laws —

Tracks and stations —

Stationmasters —

Conductors —

Harriet Tubman, the woman called Moses —

Railroad songs —

Train robbers —

Passengers —

John Brown, fugitive slave —

Publicists —

End of the line —

Time line —

Bibliography —

Index