Index

A

Abolitionists, 10, 22–24, 30–36

Attica, NY, 38–41

B

Burns, Anthony, 11

C

Canada, 14, 20

Civil War, 42

Coffin, Levi, 22–24

conductors, 15, 26–28

D

Douglass, Frederick, 30

Drayton, Daniel, 34–36

F

former slaves, helping, 30

Fugitive Slave Act of 1793, 12

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, 12

G

Grand Central Station, 23–24

H

Harris, Eliza, 18–20

L

Lovejoy, Elijah, 30–31

N

newspapers, 30–31

North Star, 28

O

Ohio River, 18–20

P

Pearl, 34–36

printing presses, 31

Q

Quakers, 22

R

rewards for catching slaves, 12

S

ships, 26, 34–36

slave catchers, 12, 18, 24, 38–41

slavery, 5–7, 42–44

T

Tubman, Harriet, 26–28

U

Underground Railroad, 10–13

accounts of, 18–20

methods, 15, 22, 24, 26

punishments, 12–13, 31, 34–36

routes, 14, 16

stations, 14–15

Underground Railroad agents, 15, 22–24