The central Indiana residence was a key stop on the Underground Railroad, the storied network of secret routes and safe ...
As many as 150,000 slaves may have gained freedom (as depicted in 1863). "We will probably never know [the total]," says historian James O. Horton. "Part of the reason is that the underground was so ...
"The reputed president of the underground railroad ; Being a brief history of the laborers of a life time in behalf of the slave, with the stories of numerous fugitives who gained their freedom ...