Sailing to Freedom: A Maritime History of Maryland’s Underground Railroad
Maryland Center for History and Culture
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Presented by the Maryland Center for History and Culture Maritime Committee
In coastal regions such as Maryland, the Chesapeake Bay provided an extensive waterway system that served as a crucial passage to freedom. Although most of the published accounts of enslaved fugitives describe the use of boats or ships as a means of escaping from slavery, until recently, the maritime dimension of the Underground Railroad has been neglected.