Transcriber's note: Italic text is denoted by _underscores_ and bold text by =equal signs=. Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals. Minor typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected without note. Irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed. The illustrations have been moved so that they do not break up paragraphs, thus the page number of the illustration might not match the page number in the List of Illustrations. Mismatched quotes are not fixed if it's not sufficiently clear where the missing quote should be placed. The cover for the eBook version of this book was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. Page 379: Table B and Table C legends were added by the transcriber. Appendix E: Douglass, Frederick. The + was added by the transcriber. THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM [Illustration: THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD: LEVI COFFIN RECEIVING A COMPANY OF FUGITIVES IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF CINCINNATI, OHIO. (From a painting by C. T. Webber, Cincinnati, Ohio.)] THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY Wilbur H. Siebert _With an Introduction by_ Albert Bushnell Hart DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC. Mineola, New York _Bibliographical Note_ This Dover edition, first published in 2006, is an unabridged republication of _The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom_, originally published by The Macmillan Company, New York and London, in 1898. The original fold-out map facing page 113 has now been set into the book on three separate pages in the same location. _International Standard Book Number: 0-486-45039-2_ Manufactured in the United States of America Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, N. Y. 11501 To My Wife INTRODUCTION BY ALBERT BUSHNELL HART