* Nelson Davis, a 25-year-old slave who escaped from Maryland in 1838. Davis was helped by Tubman and her husband, John, to travel to Philadelphia, where he found work as a carpenter.
* William and Ellen Crafts, a married couple who escaped from Georgia in 1848. The Crafts disguised themselves as a white man and woman and traveled by train and steamboat to Philadelphia, where they were helped by abolitionists to escape to Canada.
* Henry "Box" Brown, a slave from Virginia who escaped in 1849 by mailing himself in a wooden box to Philadelphia. Brown was helped by abolitionists in Philadelphia to escape to Canada.
These are just a few examples of the many people who risked their lives to escape from slavery on the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was a dangerous journey, but it was a beacon of hope for enslaved people who dreamed of freedom.