Tales of Ohio's Underground Railroad Paperback Book by David Meyers & Elise Meyers Walker

The Underground Railroad was a macabre dance between good and evil, and in the upside-down world of pre–Civil War America, the law was firmly on the side of evil. In Ohio, communities of scofflaw abolitionists guided freedom seekers by the use of beacons and signals, constructing tunnels and secret rooms and creating the popular song “Darling Nelly Gray,” which was sung by both Union and Confederate troops. Ohioans also played a role in giving the Underground Railroad its name. Many heroes, both Black and white—from John Parker, William Mitchell and Sally Hudson to John Rankin, Levi Coffin and John Mahan—risked and sometimes sacrificed their lives for the cause. Join the father-and-daughter writing team of David Meyers and Elise Meyers Walker as they explore secret tunnels, hidden rooms, coded messages and other truths, half-truths and outright lies about the “Upperground Railroad,” as Frederick Douglass argued it should be rightfully called.