This book, in graphic novel format, describes the Underground Railroad, a network of people who did not believe in slavery and who helped slaves escape from the states that practiced slave labor.

Includes index.

Freedom's trail -- Slaves in the new world -- Slave life -- Rise of the abolitionists -- Path to freedom -- End of African slavery -- Laws of the United States regarding slavery -- Map of civil war & free states -- Timeline -- Glossary -- Web sites -- Index.