Who were the major leaders of the Underground Railroad?

People of the Underground Railroad
  • Ellen Craft. Learn more about freedom seeker Ellen Craft.
  • Frederick Douglass. Learn more about freedom seeker and activist Frederick Douglass.
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe. ...
  • Harriet Tubman. ...
  • John Brown. ...
  • Josiah Henson. ...
  • Joshua Glover. ...
  • Reverend Leonard Grimes.




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The “Big Four” —Collis P. Huntington, Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, & Charles Crocker — founded the Central Pacific Railroad. Most notably, they're remembered for building part of the first transcontinental railway. Before the Big Four came into existence, Hopkins and Huntington were business associates.

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Shipping and railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877) was a self-made multi-millionaire who became one of the wealthiest Americans of the 19th century.

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Royal is a freeborn black man who rescues Cora from Ridgeway. Royal has an optimistic personality, and is dedicated to the pursuit of freedom both for himself and all black people. He is attractive and captivating, and the narrator notes that may people are charmed by his “exotic” demeanor.

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People of the Underground Railroad
  • Ellen Craft. Learn more about freedom seeker Ellen Craft.
  • Frederick Douglass. Learn more about freedom seeker and activist Frederick Douglass.
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe. ...
  • Harriet Tubman. ...
  • John Brown. ...
  • Josiah Henson. ...
  • Joshua Glover. ...
  • Reverend Leonard Grimes.


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The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway recounts the life story of Harriet Tubman – freedom seeker, Underground Railroad conductor, abolitionist, suffragist, human rights activist, and one of Maryland's most famous daughters.

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7 Facts About the Underground Railroad
  • The Underground Railroad was neither underground nor a railroad. ...
  • People used train-themed codewords on the Underground Railroad. ...
  • The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 made it harder for enslaved people to escape. ...
  • Harriet Tubman helped many people escape on the Underground Railroad.


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Central Pacific Railroad, American railroad company founded in 1861 by a group of California merchants known later as the “Big Four” (Collis P. Huntington, Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker); they are best remembered for having built part of the first American transcontinental rail line.

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The building of the Transcontinental Railroad relied on the labor of thousands of migrant workers, including Chinese, Irish, and Mormons workers. On the western portion, about 90% of the backbreaking work was done by Chinese migrants.

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Railroad tycoons were the early industrial pioneers amassing or overseeing construction of many large railroads through the early 20th century. These men, names like James Hill, Jay and George Gould, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Edward Harriman, and Collis P.

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George Stephenson (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer during the Industrial Revolution. Renowned as the Father of Railways, Stephenson was considered by the Victorians as a great example of diligent application and thirst for improvement.

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The challenge was on, “man against machine.” John Henry was known as the strongest, the fastest, and the most powerful man working on the railroad.

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