Not all episodes in the book involve gunfights and jailbreaks. But these are some of the most dramatic:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many of the fugitives in William Still\u2019s book hid on some kind of boat to get to Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The journeys aboard the steamboats and steamships were particularly difficult as the fugitives were often concealed near the hot boiler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The fugitive slaves in these accounts escaped by steamboat:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Schooners were large sailing boats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was easier for individuals or two friends to be smuggled by boat. Larger groups and families had to travel by foot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In some southern states, slaves had to carry a document known as a travel pass to show they were allowed be away from their residence or place of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Slaves who had learned to write could forge these documents for themselves and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some owners described in the book by their former slaves were very well known in those times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some fugitive slaves in the book went on to become renowned in their own right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Excerpts From William Still’s The Underground Railroad Most Dramatic Episodes Not all episodes in the book involve gunfights and jailbreaks. But these are some of the most dramatic: Escape By Taking Their Owners’ Horses Escape Through Disguise Escape By Boat Many of the fugitives in William Still\u2019s book hid on some kind of boat to … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1544"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1544"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1563,"href":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1544\/revisions\/1563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}