Bound for Canaan Quotes

“The Underground Railroad was, in many ways, a seminal movement in American history, one that deserves far more recognition than it has received. It was a kind of prelude to the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, and it offered lessons in social activism, political resistance, and moral courage that continue to inspire Americans today.”
― Fergus M. Bordewich, Bound For Canaan: The Epic Story Of The Underground Railroad, America's First Ci

“The method of operating was not uniform but adapted to the requirements of each case,” as Isaac Beck, an underground stationmaster in southern Ohio, put it. “There was no regular organization, no constitution, no officers, no laws or agreement or rule except the ‘Golden Rule,’ and every man did what seemed right in his own eyes.”
― Fergus M. Bordewich, Bound for Canaan: The Epic Story of the Underground Railroad