- THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD WAS NEITHER UNDERGROUND NOR A RAILROAD. - It was a metaphor for a network of people and safe houses that helped people fleeing slavery attempt to reach freedom.
- PEOPLE USED TRAIN-THEMED CODEWORDS ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. - To avoid detection, people used a system of widely understood train-themed codewords.
- NOT ALL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD ROUTES WENT TO CANADA.
- WILLIAM STILL WAS CONSIDERED THE FATHER OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.
- HENRY “BOX” BROWN ESCAPED ALONG THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD BY MAIL. - Brown decided to put himself in a wooden box that was 3 feet long, 2 feet wide and 2.5 feet deep. He labeled the container as “dry goods” and shipped himself from Richmond, Virginia, to the Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Society.
- The term “Underground Railroad” is said to have arisen from an incident that took place in 1831.
- After the war ended, the 13th amendment to the Constitution was approved in 1865 which abolished slavery in the entire United States and therefore was the end of the Underground Railroad.