What Was the Underground Railroad?, Yona Zeldis McDonough
What Was the Underground Railroad?, Yona Zeldis McDonough
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What Was the Underground Railroad?

Author: Yona Zeldis McDonough, Who HQ

Series: What Was?

Narrator: Deanna Hurst

Unabridged: 1 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/05/2016


Synopsis

No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from--there were no trains or tracks, only "conductors" who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about "passengers" on the "Railroad," this audiobook chronicles slaves' close calls with bounty hunters, exhausting struggles on the road, and what they sacrificed for freedom. In this thrillingly narrated history, the Underground Railroad comes alive!

About The Author

Yona Zeldis McDonough (www.yonazeldismcdonough.com) is the author of Who Was Harriet Tubman? and Who Was Rosa Parks?


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mariah Roze on February 16, 2017

I love reading the "Who Was..." and "What Was…" books, even as an adult. This story was really interesting and I learned about some people (who I had never heard of before) that escaped slavery. One person escaped by being mailed in a giant box to the North. Also, I had no idea how involved Quakers......more

Goodreads review by Daniel Ray on December 18, 2024

Part of a children’s educational series, it was still educational for me and provided some real stories of successful escapes.......more

Goodreads review by Sanjuro on March 03, 2020

Read as part of a series of these books I'm reading with my kids. There is some repeat from the books on Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman. The real value in this volume comes in the final third, where it tells a few stories of slaves who found freedom by using the railroad, as well as some of t......more

Goodreads review by Rayona on April 23, 2019

This book focused on stories from real underground railroad travelers. They tell stories about close calls with bounty hunters, exhausting struggles on the road, and unending sacrifices slaves made for freedom. This book is great for young readers to understand history. Slavery has been around for a......more

Goodreads review by Readasaurus on July 22, 2019

Alright Since not much is known about the underground railroad because it's operation was kept so secret, this book gives some stories of people who escaped slavery and those who helped them escape. Pretty good......more