No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from—there were no trains or tracks, only "conductors" who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about "passengers" on the "Railroad," this book chronicles slaves' close calls with bounty hunters, exhausting struggles on the road, and what they sacrificed for freedom. With 80 black-and-white illustrations throughout and a sixteen-page black-and-white photo insert, the...

Discover the Story Behind a Secret Passageway Walk through Doors to the Past via a new series of historical stories of romance and adventure. Gracie Kingston begins renovations on the Philadelphia house inherited from her grandmother and finds a secret room. It is connected to a house nearby, the home of William Still, the man known as the father of the Underground Railroad. As she researches, she discovers a mystery in her house's ownership....

Two men separated by 100 years are united in their search for freedom. In 1856 a slave, Samuel Woodward and his family, escape from the Monroe Plantation near Richmond, Virginia. A secret network of ordinary people known as the Underground Railroad guides the family on their journey north to Canada.

Describes the operation, stations, and famous conductors on the underground railroad, a network that helped many slaves escape from bondage.

Tells the compelling story of William Still, one of the most unheralded individuals of the Underground Railroad, and details the accounts of black abolitionists who had everything at stake as they helped fugitives follow the North Star to Canada.

In the 1800s in Dunmore, a Canadian town settled by people fleeing enslavement in the American South, young Lensinda Martin works for a crusading Black journalist. One night, a slave hunter is shot dead by an old woman who recently arrived. When the old woman refuses to flee, Lensinda is tasked with gathering testimony before she can be condemned for the crime. But the old woman doesn't want to simply confess. Instead, she proposes a barter: a story...

Sarah's friend Ella says she has found an old quilt in her basement that proves that her house was a stop on the Underground Railroad. When Ella disappears Sarah must unravel the history of the quilt to learn what happened.

Describes the underground railroad which helped slaves escape to freedom.

This series follows a group of slaves who plan a daring escape from a Georgia plantation to cross 600 miles to freedom.

In this wordless picture book, a young Southern farm girl discovers a runaway slave hiding behind the corn crib in the barn and decides to help him.