Description
Learn about many unsung heroes of the Underground Railroad who lived around Washington, D.C. For example, Leonard Grimes, a free African American, was arrested for transporting enslaved people to freedom. John Dean, a white lawyer, tested in the courts the legality of the Fugitive Slave Act. And Anna Maria Weems dressed as a boy to escape to Canada. Enslaved people engineered escapes, with and without an organized network. Some ended up back in slavery or in jail, but some escaped to freedom.
