I don't know what most white people in this country feel,

but I can only include what they feel from the state of their institutions.

Now, this is the evidence.

You want me to make an act of faith, risking myself, my wife, my woman, my sister, my children,

on some idealism which you assure me exists in America, which I have never seen.

Welcome back to Black History for White People, a podcast where we educate, resource,

and challenge white people about black history.

I'm Brad, and on today's show are my co-host,

Gatina and Garen. Today's topic is the Underground Railroad. We first paint the picture in regards

to the time and history, discuss the lives of both William Still and Harriet Tubman,

talk about the practicals of the movement, and then we end our discussion listening to some

of William Still's accounts that he

had written back in his time. We hope you enjoy the discussion.

I think a lot of our listeners have heard of the Underground Railroad. I certainly heard of it in school and was taught a little bit about it.

I don't remember much.

So can you catch us up?

What period of time are we in?

And then we can start to talk about the Underground Railroad.

Yeah.

The Underground Railroad was, as most of you know, not a literal railroad.

Railroad transportation was the primary means of getting around the country at that time. And so it was like a metaphor that was

applied to this whole network that was used to help. They were called fugitive slaves at the time.

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