Manning says not to think of the Underground Railroad as routes on a map but rather a movement of people. “And when people ask me, ‘Where was it?’ Things like that, I always say ...

The Underground Railroad, a vast network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape to the North and to Canada, was not run by any single organization or person. Rather, it consisted of many ...

the stamp pane’s verso features a map detailing the general routes utilized by freedom seekers, accompanied by explanatory text from the National Park Service about the Underground Railroad ...

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 ...