Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad

The Winter 2017 UU World Families section includes stories of two black Underground Railroad conductors who, like Harriet Tubman, helped many people escape into free states and further on to Canada.

Check out PBS's Africans in America website and American Civil War website.

Explore Harriet Tubman's story on the Library of Congress interactive website or the website NY History

Contemporary Slavery

"Bitter Harvest" discusses modern-day slavery in the chocolate industry, in the November/December 2004 issue of UU World.