Film documents history of Underground Railroad in South Texas
Dramatic story of “Just a Ferry Ride to Freedom” produced by UT-RGV
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EDINBURG, Texas – A little known chapter of Civil War history makes for a dramatic story told in “Just a Ferry Ride to Freedom,” a documentary produced by the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley.
The film is based on the choice made by runaway slaves prior to the Civil War, to head south instead of north, to Mexico using another Underground Railroad.
The route to freedom would be longer over treacherous terrain between the Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers.