Were there underground tunnels and secret passageways in Oberlin for fugitive slaves?
Probably not. The Underground Railroad was “underground” in the sense of “secret” or “hidden,” not literally below-ground in most cases. Though sometimes tunnels were part of the Underground Railroad elsewhere, none have yet been documented in Oberlin. The Underground Railroad was not so much a physical thing as an everchanging network of individual freedom seekers aided by abolitionists.
Probably not. The Underground Railroad was “underground” in the sense of “secret” or “hidden,” not literally below-ground in most cases. Though sometimes tunnels were part of the Underground Railroad, no historic tunnels have yet been documented in Oberlin. The Underground Railroad was not so much a physical thing as an everchanging network of individual freedom seekers aided by abolitionists.
