The Underground Railroad Quotes

“Racial injustice continues in the United States and in the world at large, and considering that it has been nearly 200 years since the likes of John Brown first became stationmasters and conductors of the Underground Railroad, it is”
― Captivating History, The Underground Railroad: A Captivating Guide to the Network of Routes, Places, and People in the United States That Helped Free African Americans during the Nineteenth Century

“In his arrogance, he believed the law wouldn’t apply”
― Captivating History, The Underground Railroad: A Captivating Guide to the Network of Routes, Places, and People in the United States That Helped Free African Americans during the Nineteenth Century

“One of the very first people to assist fugitive slaves on their route to the free states and ultimately Canada was, unsurprisingly, a Quaker.”
― Captivating History, The Underground Railroad: A Captivating Guide to the Network of Routes, Places, and People in the United States That Helped Free African Americans during the Nineteenth Century

“The Quakers became one of the first religious groups to declare slavery immoral at a meeting in 1688.”
― Captivating History, The Underground Railroad: A Captivating Guide to the Network of Routes, Places, and People in the United States That Helped Free African Americans during the Nineteenth Century