The Underground Railroad in Delaware - Paperback

by Michael J. Morgan (Author)

Read the stories of freedom seekers as they passed through Delaware in the decades before the Civil War.

Countless men and women traveled to freedom on an informal network of back roads and friendly houses that comprised the Delaware Underground Railroad. Traveling at night and guided by the North Star, Harriet Tubman journeyed through the First State on her initial escape from enslavement, and she heroically retuned here more than ten times to lead others out of the prison of slavery. Frederick Douglass, the eloquent spokesman for abolition, traveled the Delaware Underground Railroad on his escape from bondage. Often assisted by the Quaker businessman Thomas Garrett, these freedom seekers blazed an unmatched trail of cunning and bravery.

Local author Michael Morgan tells the remarkable story of this dark and neglected chapter in Delaware history.

Author Biography

Michael Morgan has been writing freelance newspaper articles on the history of coastal Delaware for more than three decades. He is the author of the "Delaware Diary," which appears weekly in the Delaware Coast Press, the Wave and the Salisbury Daily Times. Morgan has also published articles in Delaware Beach Life, America's Civil War, Chesapeake Bay Magazine, Civil War Times and other national publications. His "Lore of Delmarva" weekly radio commentary on historical topics is broadcast by station WGMD 92.7. Morgan is also the author of ten books, including Civil War Delaware, Delmarva's Patty Cannon, The Devil on the Nanticoke and Prohibition Delaware. Morgan was inducted into the Delaware Maritime Hall of Fame in 2021.