What was the Underground Railroad, and how did Harriet Find it?
When Harriet Tubman got to Pennsylvania, she met a man named William Still. William was the stationmaster of the Underground Railroad. Harriet then learned how the system worked. The Underground Railroad wasn't really a railroad, that was just a code name for the network of safe havens, so they could talk about it freely around their masters, without being detected. On the left is a picture of William Still.
The
Underground
Railroad is…
NOT A RAILROAD!!!!!!!!!!!
Railroad is…
NOT A RAILROAD!!!!!!!!!!!
But,
more like this,
a network of safe houses.
more like this,
a network of safe houses.