It Happened on the Underground Railroad: Remarkable Events that Shaped History (It Happened in America)

Selected routes of the Underground Railroad -- The twelve-year mistake, 1841 -- On a dare, mid 1860s -- What goes around comes around, 1864 -- In the dark of night, 1859 -- Downriver, mid 1850s -- My better half, 1846 -- Remember me, 1850 -- Mission impossible, 1851 -- This side up, 1849 -- Years in hiding, 1835 -- Freedom train, 1857 -- Read all about it! 1850 -- The art of passing, 1848 -- The house on the hill, 1838 -- I have come back, 1841 -- At what price? 1848 -- The devil, 1838 -- A wolf in sheep's clothes, 1846 -- Caught between black and white, 1848 -- Baker's special, mid 1840s -- Where to, Sir? 1855 -- Follow the drinking gourd reading the stars, 1847 -- The eleventh hour, 1848 -- The letter of the law, 1848 -- Not my child, 1856 -- Up a tree, 1854 -- Underground Railroad facts and trivia.;"From a riverboat worker who dressed as a woman to the abolitionist who died for his beliefs, It Happened on the Underground Railroad offers a gripping look at heroic individuals who became a part of the famous 'road' to freedom"--Provided by publisher. Content: Selected routes of the Underground Railroad -- The twelve-year mistake, 1841 -- On a dare, mid 1860s -- What goes around comes around, 1864 -- In the dark of night, 1859 -- Downriver, mid 1850s -- My better half, 1846 -- Remember me, 1850 -- Mission impossible, 1851 -- This side up, 1849 -- Years in hiding, 1835 -- Freedom train, 1857 -- Read all about it! 1850 -- The art of passing, 1848 -- The house on the hill, 1838 -- I have come back, 1841 -- At what price? 1848 -- The devil, 1838 -- A wolf in sheep's clothes, 1846 -- Caught between black and white, 1848 -- Baker's special, mid 1840s -- Where to, Sir? 1855 -- Follow the drinking gourd reading the stars, 1847 -- The eleventh hour, 1848 -- The letter of the law, 1848 -- Not my child, 1856 -- Up a tree, 1854 -- Underground Railroad facts and trivia. From a riverboat worker who dressed as a woman to the abolitionist who died for his beliefs, It Happened on the Underground Railroad offers a gripping look at heroic individuals who became a part of the famous “road” to freedom. Read about Peter Still, a former slave who came to the Philadelphia Antislavery Society in search of his family, only to discover that the man sitting in front of him was his brother. Meet the individuals who may have inspired characters in the novels Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Beloved. Learn about the bakery where Frederick Douglass was first helped to freedom . And experience the heart-pounding fear of a man who mailed himself north.