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The journey to freedom: Inside the 'Underground Railroad' where heroic volunteers risked their lives to smuggle 100,000 slaves out of servitude Photographer Jeanine Michna-Bales has for the first time photographed the underground routes tens of thousands of slaves took to escape the plantations of the South Artist spent months poring over historical documents to accurately document many of the stops made by those escaping the South 200 years ago More than 100,000 slaves are believed to have been saved on the so-called 'Underground Railroad' - routes mapped out by heroic abolitionists who risked their lives to rescue slaves and help them flee north Swamps, forestland, caves and safe houses are among the places where the groups took shelter Michna-Bales has published the images in a new book A network of undercover roads, trails, shelter and safe houses, the paths were the only means for many to escape the South and journey to Canada and the free states of the North. This barn in Centerville, Indiana, had a tunnel leading underneath that lead to another station on the railroad. Read More At: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4391734/The-journey-freedom.html
