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# The Underground Railroad: Authentic Narratives and First-Hand Accounts (African American)

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    He heard my prayer
  

*by J***T on Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2022*

It's now 150 years since this book was first published in 1872!  I finally just got around to reading this "classic."When something is classic - honestly - I have a hard time making myself read it.  I don't want classic.  I want good reading.  I also don't want to be depressed or bored, which I thought I might be here.  I'm not sure I even knew that William Still and his brother James Still were two different people, until I read Dr. James Still's biography a few weeks ago.Long story short - not boring.  Not depressing.  Uplifting.  There's way more I didn't know about the UGRR than the little bit I did.  This book is totally gripping and inspirational despite the straight forward, low key, truthful tone the author takes throughout the many short stories.William Still uses original first hand testimonies by fugitive slaves given in person to William, as secretary of the "Vigilance Committee" - the formal Eastern organization bridging benevolent contributions and assistance with desperate escaped slaves in need of basic necessities and directions north.  The two dozen or so testimonies are enough to give a feel to the awful reality of those times.  Spoiler alert - most of the stories are of people who "made it."  But despite all of the creative, crazy and dangerous ways to escape, the common theme seems to have been desperation and a willingness to die.  They couldn't take it anymore.  The prospect of unimaginable and barbaric public auction is often mentioned.  But in other cases it is simply needing to at least take one chance in a million to break the power structure that constantly bound - and permanently separated individuals and families for decades and centuries.This isn't a rated R or even PG-13 book.  The author mentions that there are far more awful details omitted than included here for "suitable" reading.  We don't find out much about William Still, except that he does not try to be in the limelight.  After 20 years in this business, I guess he was comfortable staying out of it.Anyway this book made me think a lot about power.  Slavery now is officially gone, but the constant issue of power and race is of course not.  People in power never seem to want to give it up.  Yes this is depressing.  But then there's the inspirational part.  Actually there are many - but maybe my favorite is the "box guy" - Henry "Box" Brown who famously survived over a day boxed up with the freight.  When "the committee" opened the box up in Philadelphia - he greets them and then sings a Psalm (40) he had prepared "if he lived" - "I waited patiently for the Lord, and He heard my prayer."  Amen.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Documentation of Real Life!  A+
  

*by T***Y on Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2024*

I usually have trouble reading a book completely through, but this book is different because the true life stories are fascinating - but sometimes sad.  (I used to rent a room in a mansion in Ohio, where, in the attic, the escaping slaves, during the Underground Railroad, had been formerly kept.) This book is a fascinating history where excellent records have been kept of the slaves going to Canada and elsewhere for their freedom.  This author tells the genious ideas of how good people escaped with their lives from a life of slavery and went on to live normal lives elsewhere.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A Book Worth Keeping
  

*by A***D on Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2013*

The book is written from the experiences of a confirmed abolitionist who helped escort escaped slaves to freedom by means of the underground railroad. The descriptions he gives makes one know of the desperation and panic the slaves felt in their dash for freedom from the lash. It also details the heroics of other persons who assisted the fugitives: such as the captain of a ship that happened to be carrying several slaves. The ship was stopped and searched by men trying to recapture the runaways. They thrust swords into hay that was stored on the boat but found nothing. Then they took an axe to several places on the deck but still found nothing. The captain of the vessel bluffed them by grabbing the axe and demanding they tell him where they wanted to search and he would use the axe. He then hit the deck with such force the men backed off and after making him pay the travel tax, let hum go. When he arrived at his destination he freed his grateful cargo from their hiding place.  The retelling of the horrors these people from their own mouths cannot be equaled by stories handed down from book to book. I prefer my historical research to be done from resources written as closely to the actual occurrences as possible because as so often happens, one present day author of a book will make an assumption and state it: then someone else perpetuates that inaccuracy because "they saw it in a book, so it must be true".. As an historical researcher, if I can't verify it for myself, I won't use it. This book is from the actual participants.  It is a welcome addition to my research resources.

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