Historical Background:

• The Underground Railroad: A Student's Essay written by Rob Mastrangelo and M.J. Canan
  
• Zenas Brockett and a Fugitive Slave - an audio clip
• Related Internet Links
  --these links are external to The New Deal Art web site:
  • Aboard the Underground Railroad
    A description of the Underground Railroad, including a map and a list of Underground Railroad sites by state.
    
    
  • Early Antislavery
    Shows the various early efforts to stop slavery.
    
    
  • Operating the Underground Railroad
    How the Underground Railroad was formed and how it operated.
    
    
  • Excerpts from "The Fugitive Slave Act" (1850)

The Artist: James Michael Newell: