# What Was the Underground Railroad?

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- Book: [What Was the Underground Railroad?](https://www.bookquiver.com/yona-zeldis-mcdonough/what-was-the-underground-railroad) ([What Was the Underground Railroad?.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/yona-zeldis-mcdonough/what-was-the-underground-railroad.md))
- Authors: [Yona Zeldis McDonough](https://www.bookquiver.com/yona-zeldis-mcdonough), [Who HQ](https://www.bookquiver.com/who-hq), [Lauren Mortimer](https://www.bookquiver.com/lauren-mortimer)
- Publisher: penguin_workshop
- ISBN: 978-04-4846-712-2
- Pages: 112
- Published: 2013-12-26
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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,"...