Ex- slave and founder of the “Underground Railroad”, Harriet Tubman (far left), with a group of former slaves whose ... in the north or to the safety of Canada. The Railroad was most active ...

Slaves freed informally did not become citizens and any property or wealth they accumulated reverted to their former owners when they died. Once freed, former slaves could work in the same jobs as ...

Like many of her contemporaries, Charlotte Jenkins believed that education was the key to true freedom for former slaves. Both northern abolitionists and former slaves regarded education as ...

Former slaves made a considerable contribution to the abolition movement. Several wrote and published their personal accounts of slavery. One of the best known authors was Olaudah Equiano ...