" The underground railroad—with its mysterious signals, secret depots, abolitionist heroes, and slave-hunting villains—has become part of American mythology

This book examines Thornton J. Alexander, who was a station manager and conductor on the Underground Railroad in Ohio and Indiana. The authors examine how his f

In early 1840, abolitionists founded the Liberty Party as a political outlet for their antislavery beliefs. A mere eight years later, bolstered by the increasin