When white authors talk about Afrikan captivity they speak of hatred - 
It's a story that can't be forgotten. There's so much injustice, there's so much hatred and it's something that we can't ever again let happen in our country, and in a greater sense the whole world. The best way to fight ignorace is to educate. And so kids need to know this story about human injustice about doing what's right and going and believing in something to the point where you take action on it.
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From Dawn of Day - Stories from the Underground Railroad.
Richard Pitts, Director of The Wonder Workshop
Wamego, KS

1607-1865 AFrikan Americans fought to be free. 
Why? 
1854 and 1861 - Established the Western Edge of the Underground Railroad