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Escape to Mexico, Underground Railroad South

Escape to Mexico, Underground Railroad South

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While the Underground Railroad pointed north, there was another route to freedom—south into Mexico. After winning independence from Spain in 1821, Mexico passed what historians describe as radical antislavery laws, and Mexicans at every level of society were serious about enforcing them.

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