Who is the Underground Railroad Conductor?

Tom Calarco

Writer and Teacher

Tom is currently at work on an encyclopedia covering the Underground Railroad nationwide. He hopes you will help him make this site a major terminal and meeting place for ideas and new discoveries about the Underground Railroad. He welcomes your comments, suggestions, and ideas.

His books about the UGRR, described on this site, are:

The Underground Railroad in the Adirondack Region

The Underground Railroad Conductor

Abel Brown, Abolitionist

He also can bring you the story of the Underground Railroad:

• He will show you maps of the secret routes of the Underground Railroad

• He will tell you some of the Underground Railroad's most fascinating stories

• He can help you learn about Underground Railroad stations in your hometown

Henry "Box" Brown, at last, being helped out of the box

Tom has spoken at N. Kentucky University, SUNY Albany, College of St. Rose, Cape Cod Community College, North Country Community College, Fulton-Montgomery Community College, and for the Queens College, NY, Upward Bound Program. His lectures are presented with a PowerPoint show and his featured topics are:

• Thoroughfares, Terminals, and Conductors on the Underground Railroad

• Slave Rescuers: men & women who dared to go south to bring slaves to freedom

• Henry “Box” Brown and his remarkable escape to freedom. This presentation includes a replica of the original box shown below.

To schedule a presentation

Contact him at:

513-297-1979 / tomcalarco@adelphia.net