Presents accounts of narrow escapes executed by oppressed individuals and groups while illuminating social issues and the historical background that led to the event known as the Underground Railroad.

Introduction : "Is thee a slave?" -- Slavery : "The next thing to hell" -- "There must be an Underground Railroad" -- "I had crossed that line" : true UGRR stories -- The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and the UGRR -- The end of slavery.