Showtime "Underground Railroad"

[Samrob]

No words. Stories my grandmother heard in her childhood. As late as 1906

[randr]

1. Based on a wonderful book by Colson Whitehead

[nolabear]

3. That book damn near killed me.

That ending…

[randr]

5. The ending was just the begining

[nolabear]

7. True.

[Frustratedlady]

2. My great-grandfather hid slaves that followed the Mississippi River into Iowa.

The house has now been torn down, but my siblings remember the house and visiting there.

[electric_blue68]

8. Wow...and it's...

not that many generations back then.

[Frustratedlady]

12. No. In fact, he died in 1922 at the age of 82.

He was a captain in the Civil War. I understand he was quite stern, went by the rules, so to speak, and expected others to do the same. Ironically, he was a strict Republican and admonished my grandfather for being a Democrat. They didn't get into arguments, but I was told he let his thoughts be known in other ways.

I understand the house had an extra wall where slaves could hide, if threatened.

[electric_blue68]

14. Ah. Amazing. Well back then Republicans were not quite as they are now!

[alphafemale]

4. There was a recent one on I think NetFlix

That depicted an actual train tunnel beneath Savannah and other places.

I just could not get past people actually thinking this was a credible historic account.

[Samrob]

10. Not all movies about slavery are actual historical events. True. Neither are stories about WWII.

But there is a wealth of knowledge out there from firsthand accounts passed down through generations. And actual recordings of children and grandchildren of slaves recalling actual events or recalling actual event relayed to them. Some of this shit actually continued up through the 50's. Not forgetting the actual lynchings and murders that took place even up to the late 70's.

[Frustratedlady]

13. In the city closest to my great-grandfather's house, there was a "mansion" which was later

found to have a tunnel from the bluff of the Mississippi to the wine cellar of that home. It is still standing, but I've never toured the basement of the house. The only explanation was an Underground Railroad or a way of smuggling in liquor during the Prohibition...or, both. The house is old enough for both. IIRC, there was an article in the local paper which described the history of the mansion, but I don't remember that much about it.

[In It to Win It]

6. Isn't this on Amazon Prime?

[Samrob]

9. Yes, Amazon Prime offers Showtime. nt

[In It to Win It]

11. I meant just Prime, without a Showtime subscription