The autobiography of John P. Parker, a former slave and “conductor” of the Underground Railroad, could be best described as the life time battle of one man against slavery of the African American people. In his own definition of this great injustice, that sadly effected many lives, Parker describes slavery as a phenomenon that "was the making of a human being as an animal without hope . . . and that slavery's curse was not pain of the …showed first 75 words of 1185 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1185 total…destiny. It is important not to overlook the enormity of his fight since it was directed against a centuries old establishment of slavery in United States. There is no doubt he and the other good-hearted people contributed significantly to the fight against slavery of the African American race. Parker’s hard-won triumphs of courage and cleverness allowed him to free his fellow slaves and provide them, and the generations that followed, with a brighter future.