When we hear the phrase today, the Underground Railroad, it can sound almost mythical, like a secret tunnel system or a perfectly organized railway stretching from South to North. Popular memory often reduces it to a handful of heroic figures and dramatic escapes. But the reality was far more complex, far more dangerous, and far more collective.
So we need to begin with three essential questions for our video:
What actually was the Underground Railroad?
Who made it possible?
And what did it truly cost to create and travel these roads to freedom?