Under the Quilt of the Night

Bibliographic Information: Hopkinson, D. (2001). Under the Quilt of the Night. New York, New York. Atheneum Books.
Annotation: Under the Quilt is a story of a young girl who flees from the farm where she works as a slve and uses the Underground Railroad as means to escape to the North.
Genre: Picture Book. Culturally Diverse Book.
Grade: 1 -4
Who would like this: Student who are learning about the escape of slavery and the Underground Railroad.
Rating/Response: 4—this was my favorite of the culturally diverse books I read for this course. I loved the beautiful illustrations and the simplicity to the book in its text. The illustrations were fabulous in representing the people and the fear within their faces as they travel, thoroughly enjoyed this book.
Question: can you describe what the Underground Railroad was?