Fleeing for Freedom : Stories of the Underground Railroad as Told by Levi Coffin and William Still

Selected narratives from the two most important contemporary chroniclers of the Underground Railroad, Levi Coffin and William Still. Here are firsthand descriptions of the experiences of escaped slaves making their way to freedom in the North and in Canada in the years before the Civil War. A colorful yet balanced portrait. -William L. Van Deburg [Publisher's text]