Download or read book What Was the Underground Railroad? written by Yona Zeldis McDonough and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-12-26 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from--there were no trains or tracks, only "conductors" who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about "passengers" on the "Railroad," this book chronicles slaves' close calls with bounty hunters, exhausting struggles on the road, and what they sacrificed for freedom. With 80 black-and-white illustrations throughout and a sixteen-page black-and-white photo insert, the Underground Railroad comes alive!