Virginia Waterways and the Underground Railroad
Cassandra L. Newby-Alexander, PhD
Arcadia Publishing/The History Press
Enslaved Virginians sought freedom from the time they were first brought to Jamestown in 1619. Acts of self-emancipation were aided by Virginia's waterways, which became part of the network of the Underground Railroad before the Civil War. Historian Cassandra Newby-Alexander narrates the ways enslaved people used Virginia's waterways to achieve humanity's dream of freedom.