The+Underground+Railroad

Event Summary

 * The Underground Railroad from PBS Africans in America**

What Was The Underground Railroad? from Maryland Public Television

Enabling Freedom, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

What Was The Underground Railroad? from Harriet Tubman Historical Society

For more on the Underground Railroad, see //Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad//. Eric Foner, W.W. Norton, 2015

For new perspectives, see The Perilous Lure of the Underground Railroad, The New Yorker (August 22, 2016)
 * By 1860, nearly 4 million Africans were enslaved in the United States
 * The Underground Railroad helped 30,000 to 100,000 escape to freedom


 * History of Slavery in the United States**


 * Image to the right shows George Washington standing among African American fieldworkers harvesting grain with Mt. Vernon in the background. Painting by **
 * [|Junius Brutus Stearns], 1853 **

See United States History I.29 for growth of slavery in the South after 1800

[[image:primary_sources.PNG]]Primary Sources
The Underground Railroad: A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, & C., William Still, 1872

Underground Railroad Primary Source Set, Eastern Illinois University

Underground Railroad Primary Source Set, Middle Tennessee State University

Multimedia Resources
**The Underground Railroad: Escape from Slavery Interactive Slideshow, Scholastic**

**Harriet Tubman**

**Meet Famous Americans: Harriet Tubman, Library of Congress**