The Underground Railroad: An Interactive History Adventure

About this book

Starting in colonial times thousands of African people were kidnapped and brought to the United States where they were enslaved. Those who escaped were often caught and if so treated harshly or even killed as were those who tried to help them escape. But that didnt stop brave people from trying. By the 1850s an escape method dubbed the Underground Railroad was in full swing. Though it wasnt a railroad but a network of people helping enslaved people escape to the northern United States and Canada it used railroad terms such as conductor and station. Imagine you were an enslaved person in the 1850s desperate to escape to freedom or a helper on the railroad taking great risks so others could escape to freedom. The Underground Railroad lets you choose a path … to freedom or capture and perhaps death.