What Was the Underground Railroad?

The premise is pretty enticing: a reimagining of the Underground Railroad as an actual railroad underground. It's exactly the sort of spin on the slavery narrative that critics will gobble up I rarely get to read books when they are in their acute hype phase, but I decided to put an Audible credit towards critical darling Colson Whitehead's latest novel.

Lewis Hayden escaped from slavery through the Underground Railroad, eventually becoming a "conductor" from his Boston home. Any cause needs speakers and ... The Underground Railroad is a term for the covert network of people and places that assisted fugitive slaves as they escaped from slavery in the South.

NETWORK TO FREEDOM. Text The terminology used in the "Learn About the Underground Railroad" section of this website reflects this freedom of spirit by referring to escaping African Americans as "freedom seekers," rather than runaways, fugitives or escapees. These labels were constructs of the Southern slave-holding societal structure, or by some well-meaning but nonetheless patronizing

The Underground Railroad consisted of a large network of people. It was not run by any single organization or person. In fact, most of those involved only knew about their part of the operation. They didn’t have the overall picture of all the different routes and depots.

In this lesson, students will comprehend the organizational structure of the Underground Railroad; learn about one of its most famous conductors, Harriet ... Oct 9, 2016 ... The Underground Railroad begins on a particularly vicious Georgia plantation, where all anyone wants to do is escape. “Every slave thinks ...