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Documentary about the Underground Railroad, an interracial alliance that helped slaves to freedom. Features profiles of prominent figures of the railroad, including: Harriet Tubman, who made 20 trips to free over 300 fugitives; Frederick Douglass, who galvanized Abolitionists with his accounts of cruelty to slaves; Harriet Beecher Stowe, whose book, "Uncle Tom's Cabin," turned many Northerners against slavery; William Still, whose family harbored more than 2700 runaway slaves at its home in Philadelphia; and John P. Parker, a freed black man from Ohio who put his life at risk by making many crossings across the Ohio River to pick up fugitive slaves.
Documentary about the Underground Railroad, an interracial alliance that helped slaves to freedom. Features profiles of prominent figures of the railroad, including: Harriet Tubman, who made 20 trips to free over …
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The Underground Railroad | Episode guide and videos - Yahoo! TVDocumentary about the Underground Railroad, an interracial alliance that helped slaves to freedom. Features profiles of prominent figures of the railroad, including: Harriet Tubman, who made 20 trips to free over 300 fugitives; Frederick Douglass, who galvanized Abolitionists with his accounts of cruelty to slaves; Harriet Beecher Stowe, whose book, "Uncle Tom's Cabin," turned many Northerners against slavery; William Still, whose family harbored more than 2700 runaway slaves at its home in Philadelphia; and John P. Parker, a freed black man from Ohio who put his life at risk by making many crossings across the Ohio River to pick up fugitive slaves.