from rivkat

Foner's reevaluation of the Underground Railroad, using some relatively recently unearthed materials; the book starts out as largely white political history, then in its last part delves more deeply into the activities of the people, many of whom were free blacks, who risked their freedom to help...

from rivkat

Foner's reevaluation of the Underground Railroad, using some relatively recently unearthed materials; the book starts out as largely white political history, then in its last part delves more deeply into the activities of the people, many of whom were free blacks, who risked their freedom to help...

from Othemts

The Underground Railroad was the metaphorical name for the system of routes and safe houses that enslaved Black Americans used to escape slavery and find some modicum of safety in free states of the North and in Canada. I expected the book would primarily, but that was not the case. Instead it fo...

from charlie68

A good but brief account of the origins of the Underground Railroad and when it was at its height before the American Civil War and its winding up shortly thereafter. Could've used more first hand accounts of runaway slaves.

from queencersei

Nowadays the popular notion of the Underground Rail Road seems to consist of this: a tight network of white and black abolitionists rescuing escaped slaves from all over the south in a highly coordinated way. This novel interjects a much needed dose of reality into the modern day myth. While cert...