The Underground Railroad, a vast network of people who ... those who contributed money or goods were "stockholders," and the "conductor" was responsible for moving fugitives from one station ...

award-winning novel The Underground Railroad re-imagines the routes that American slaves took to freedom as a literal series of tracks, platforms and covert conductors. As Radio 4 broadcasts ...

Only a small number of slaves traveled by the organized network of routes, "conductors" and "stations" that came to be known as the Underground Railroad. African American men and women of all ages ...

Some folks travelled alone and unaided while others found their way to Canada with the help of a clandestine network of “conductors” and “stations” called the Underground Railroad.

“But I was free, and they should be free,” she added. Tubman became a conductor on the Underground Railroad, helping lead ...