The Underground Railroad

Name: The Underground Railroad
Director: Jeff Lengyel
Released: 1999

1999 · Movie

Dir. Jeff Lengyel

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The Underground Railroad was not really a railroad, nor was it always underground. It was an informal network of people and hiding places that helped slaves escape the American South. It extended from the South into the northern states, Canada, the western frontier, and even Cuba and the Caribbean. This documentary remembers the people, white and black, famous and almost-forgotten, who risked their fortunes and even their lives to resist the unjust institution of slavery.

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