"The Underground Railroad: Flight to Freedom"
http://www3.cbc.ca/sections/newsitem.asp?ID=3221
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CBET 9 Feb 05 09:00pm EST Special/Other, 60 Mins.
Canadian Experience;
"The Underground Railroad: Flight to Freedom"

Canada and the Underground Railroad became the focal point of the anti-slavery movement in the decade leading up to the American Civil War. Alexander Ross, a young Canadian physician, poses as a birdwatcher and risks his life in the American south to help escaping slaves make it to freedom in Canada. Henry Bibb becomes the first former slave to publish a newspaper in Canada, which he uses to beat down racial prejudice here, as well as south of the border. And it's in Canada that John Brown begins his famous campaign to overthrow slavery-one that ends in bloodshed at Harper's Ferry. This is the story of the incredible exodus of thousands of African-Americans to Canada in the 1850s, and how Canadians both embraced and shunned the newcomers.