An overland journey north was an impractical choice for many who sought to escape slavery. Some fugitives took to the sea.

A social media video from Sail Baltimore from 2016 shows the white-hulled ship moving through the harbor with a large Mexican flag flying from the stern and a crowd of onlookers waving to the crew ...

NEW YORK -- A Mexican navy sailing ship on a goodwill tour drifted directly into the underside of the Brooklyn Bridge on ...

A Mexican navy sailing ship on a global goodwill tour struck the ... The vessel, which was flying a giant green, white and red Mexican flag, then drifted toward the edge of the river as onlookers ...

where he was imprisoned in 1844 for attempting to sail seven fugitive slaves to ... better-known web of clandestine workers, both black and white, male and female, who facilitated the overland ...

There were 277 people on board when the ship drifted directly into the ... Beside her walked two companions in white slacks and striped black-and-white tops. One had her left arm in a sling.