Underground Railroad

CBC - The Nature of Things: Secret Agents of the Underground Railroad (2023) Movies

Posted by notbanned at Feb. 10, 2023

How staff at a luxury hotel in Niagara Falls, NY helped ferry enslaved people to freedom. Archeology proves that just below the surface there is always more than meets the eye. A dig at the site of the the once-renowned Cataract House Hotel in Niagara Falls, New York is no exception.

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PBS - Underground Railroad: The William Still Story (2012) Movies

Posted by Tutorial at Dec. 30, 2018

William Still was just a boy when he helped the first one escape. He never knew the man's name; only that he was being hunted by slave catchers.

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Science Ch - Underground Railroad the Secret History: Series 1 (2022) Movies

Posted by Tutorial at Feb. 8, 2022

Brings new focus on courageous Freedom Seekers and their allies in this critical chapter of American history. These are the stories of those who risked their lives in the ultimate pursuit of freedom, and the ingenious methods used achieve liberty.

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Science Ch - Underground Railroad the Secret History (2022) Movies

Posted by Tutorial at Feb. 13, 2022

The vast area of the American prairie tells the story of a 150-year experiment: the settlement of the American Midwest. Nowadays, ghost towns define the appearance of deserted swathes of land.

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Underground S02E01E02 (2017) Movies

Posted by EXGenerator at March 16, 2017

Underground centers on a group of slaves planning a daring 600-mile escape from a Georgia plantation. Along the way, they are aided by a secret abolitionist couple running a station on the Underground Railroad as they attempt to evade the people charged with bringing them back, dead or alive.

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Underground S02E03 (2017) Movies

Posted by EXGenerator at March 24, 2017

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BBC - Great American Railroad Journeys: Series 2 (2017) Movies

Posted by Tutorial at Feb. 18, 2017

Michael Portillo crosses the Atlantic once more to ride the railroads of North America with his faithful Appleton's Guide to the United States. Amid breathtaking scenery, he encounters magnificent beasts, joins intrepid explorers and witnesses unique customs on an awesome 1,500-mile journey to recapture the excitement and promise of the 19th-century American Frontier.

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BBC - Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys Series 1 (2019) Movies

Posted by notbanned at Jan. 19, 2019

Michael Portillo heads for the Last Frontier of the United States armed with his 1899 Appleton's Guide-Book to Alaska. Written by an intrepid 19th-century female explorer, the book points Michael to 'sublime scenery' in the 49th state and fresh insight into the newly explored lives and customs of its inhabitants.

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Freedom's Path Movies

Posted by at Dec. 17, 2023

Freedom's Path (2023)
A Union soldier flees from battle and is rescued unexpectedly from free Black man Kitch and his friends. Risking everything, Kitch takes William deep into the woods to the safety of his adopted home. It's here that William discovers Kitch is a part of secret community of freed slaves, who run a portion of the Underground Railroad. When a ruthless and desperate slave catcher discovers the underground network, he conspires to bring it burning down to the ground.

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The North Star (2016) Movies

Posted by Tavaz at April 9, 2018

The North Star is the story of Benjamin "Big Ben" Jones and Moses Hopkins, two slaves who escaped from a Virginia plantation and made their way to freedom in Buckingham, Pennsylvania in 1849. Big Ben's 6 foot 10 inch size …

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