The Underground Railroad was not really a railroad, nor was it always underground. It was an informal network of people and hiding places that helped slaves escape the American South. It extended from the South into the northern states, Canada, the western frontier, and even Cuba and the Caribbean. This documentary remembers the people, white and black, famous and almost-forgotten, who risked their fortunes and even their lives to resist the unjust institution of slavery.

Archaeologists and historians use cutting-edge technology to investigate and explore some of the biggest mysteries surrounding the Underground Railroad, a secret network that helped enslaved African Americans escape to freedom.

An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.

William Still was one of the most important, yet largely unheralded heroes of the Underground Railroad. Still was determined to get as many runaways as he could to "Freedom's Land," smuggling them across the US border to Canada. Bounty hunters could legally abduct former slaves living in the so-called free northern states, but under the protection of the British, Canada provided sanctuary for fugitive slaves.

A number of slaves risk their lives to escape their masters with their only help coming from the famous secret slave escape network.

This Network to Freedom film follows the story of Lewis Hayden and his family as they seek freedom on the Underground Railroad and become activists living in Boston, Massachusetts, determined to crush the institution of slavery. (From https://www.nps.gov/thingstodo/fighting-for-freedom-film.htm)

Chapter 12 - A Fight for the Franchise: Helen Holmes (Helen Holmes) and Roy Wilson (William Brunton, president of the K & W Railroad, become suspicious of the dealings of Thomas Desmond (J.P. McGowan), the railroad superintendent, with Boss Hogan concerning the railroad company that will be granted the Copper City franchise. Through an open window at Desmond's house, they overhear the plot to double-cross them and give the plot to The Eastern Railroad Company. They see the contract placed in a desk and overhear the scheme to send Wallace Burke (Leo D. Maloney)to Copper City the next day to get Hogan's signature. They make a copy of the contract and place the A & K Railroad on the franchise line. They them secure the services of Lightfingered Tom (Marvin Martin), to pick Burke's coat pocket and switch the contracts. ,

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Several interested parties go in search of a sleep-generating machine which was made 150 years ago by a scientist. However, a little boy is named the scientist's heir and becomes his legacy.

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