Fugitive slaves relate their personal experiences during their flight to freedom, in authentic accounts of the underground railroad operated by the Pennsylvania Anti-slavery Society
From the preface: "'Make the best of what you cannot change' was the philosophy of Chief Washakie, who lived in three centuries and for sixty years was the undisputed and absolute ruler of his people, the Shoshones of Wyoming."
In an autobiographical account, a great American reformer of the nineteenth century offers penetrating eyewitness insights into slavery, the anti-slavery movement, and their impact on race relations