Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a group of secret routes and safe houses that allowed slaves to escape to free states in the mid 1800s.
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Methods of Escape Slaves passed information about methods of escape by word-of-mouth, in stories, and through songs. No actual...
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No! The underground railroad wasn't an actual railroad. It was a network of safehouses that escaped southern slaves would stop at...
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London, England
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Yes she helped free more than 300 slaves
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Abolitionists.Many of these courageous abolitionists were clandestine conductors on The Underground Railroad.
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The escaping of slaves had occured since the 1600's, but the term "Underground Railroad" occured when America's first railroads...
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The underground railroad was an informal network of persons who, although in violation of the "Fugitive Slave Act" helped escaped...
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The underground railroad was named for the slaves' method of escape to freedom. "Underground" means the movement was secret and...
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The Dred Scott Decision said that the entire USA was a slave nation. There were no slave states and free states. The Underground...
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The Abolitionists were the anti-slavery lobby, partly to do with the Quakers. They were not very numerous, but they were very...
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undetected because they were carried around on the back of a luggage cart covered with clothes or something soft
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Some of the prominent whites who I learned about were Viola Liuzzo who died in Alabama driving civil rights activists throughout...
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probably
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No. Too far north.
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100,000 slaves escaped through the undreground railroad to freedom 50,000 slaves were reported to have escaped between 1830 and...
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slaves would go on land at night and then follow the north star and look for certain houses with lights on.
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the underground railroad takes place in the south. slaves that ran from their masters followed the underground railroad to get to...
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It means girl and women slaves who are escaping to Canada
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Although some sources list that Harriet Tubman was born on March 10th, 1820, her actual date of birth is likely between 1820 and...
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It helped thousands of African American slaves escape from the south to the north. They were looking for a way to find lost...
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The South was relying on the free labor while the North was not.
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(I THINK) she was an abolitionist,who felt bad for the slaves and wanted to help runaway slaves become free.Which is how she...
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They ate anything they were given
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1861 ... Right Before The Start Of The Civil War ! :)
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True.
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The underground railroad was not a real railroad but a secret (i.e. "underground," similar to the underground economy) network of...
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sectionalism was a big contributor because the north south and west were so different economically. therefore there was a...
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The underground railroad were a series of underground passages that led to "safe houses" for the slaves. The slaves could stop...
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Harriet Tubman was a slave and ran away to be the second conductor on the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad wasn't...
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hariet tubman and other abolitionists
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They used railroad terms, for example a station was a safehouse, a piece of baggage was an escaped slave and the porter was the...
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Harriet Tubman was born in 1820 and she died March 10, 1913 at the age 93.
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AnswerHarriet Tubman DID NOT START THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. but was one of the best condutors on the underground railraod.Levi...
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During the Civil War time slavery was very rough. The Underground Railroad was very important and very useful, but some slaves...
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Yes it did. Manumission of individual slaves and abolition of slavery in general were popular sentiments among the Quakers of...
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Many people did!Many people did help with the Under Ground Railroad but one of the main person was Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman...
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They included maps to safe houses along the route north.
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The underground railroad helped free about 75,000 slaves. Most went to Canada, which as a British territory did not permit...
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she enjoyed it very much
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The practice was as old as time. Slaves were in Egypt and later in Rome. Slaves were kept when one clan captured a rival clan and...
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Slavery has not ended yet although most of the countries in the world do not recognize "ownership" of other people. As with...
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she was so important because she escaped without being caught and she saved about 300 slaves to freedom
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It ended in 1856 and was not a real railroad but a route slaves took to freedom. Some of the "stops" can still be found in barns,...
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To help slaves escape from their owners.
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The Underground Railroad was neither underground nor was it a railroad. It was a secret route which was used by white and black...
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Prior to the US Civil War, the Underground Railroad was a network of ex-slaves, abolitionists, and Southern sympathizers who...
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To free the black slaves
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The Undeground Railroad actually has its beginnings in Africa when the Portugese captured their first slaves in the 1400s. It' s...
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Guilford College and Franklin College.
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to provide safe passage for fugitive slaves to the north
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The Underground Railroad was a network of safe houses and people who would serve as "conductors" to escort slaves from the South...
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He served as a Chaplin in the Union Army.
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houses all over and if it had a groomsmen in the front yard it ment it was a slave house
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The Underground Railroad was called a 'railroad' because there were multiple stops along the way for slaves to get food, clothes,...
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Harriet Tubman The term Underground Railroad was used as early as 1831. Historians disagree over the origins of the name...
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Harriet Tubman took 11 trips on the Underground Railroad. ._.
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About 40 years.
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she was a conductor of the underground railroad Harriet Tubman was a born slave and lescaped many people to freedom ove 300 and...
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The Underground Railroad lasted for so long because it was keep a secret. There were not many documents written about it and most...
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It was a series of secret routes and houses that enslaved people would use to escape to the north.
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The Underground Railroad helped the run away slaves escape from slavery by transporting them to Canada. They would by night to...
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Yes, you could say it was a failure of citizens to support the law, though it was only the police who were obliged to arrest...
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He would stand up and speak out against injustice your answer is sooo weak he stood and spoke out against segregation and he did...
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im just really asking you how long was it i just thought abot 540 miles?i was realy 234 miles
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facts about the underground railroad is they used slaves i there to travel north and they useually travled at night because they...
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Harriet Tubman (an escaped slave) and John P. Parker (a freed slave) had each worked to aid other escapees on the "underground...
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{| |- | The Underground Railroad is the name given the system of moving slaves out of the South. Through a system of 'safe...
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A secret cooperative network that aided fugitive slaves in reaching sanctuary in the free states or in Canada Welcome =)
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There were condutors and Safe houses on the "railroad". The conductors led slaves to paths on the "railraod". Safe house are...
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The term "underground" in underground railroad means secret. It also was not a road. It was more like a trail. So I guess if you...
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The underground railroad was named for the slaves' method of escape to freedom. "Underground" means the movement was secret and...
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Harriet Tubman
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Because there's is a religion of action and believing all people to be equal, do not believe one person can own another and have...
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The underground railroad was very successful because no slave owners knew about it. Also, there was no way for anyone to track...
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Slaves used a system called The Underground Railroad.
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They were called "Railroad Conductors"
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no. the underground railroad was a secret (underground) chain of people who would help slaves reach freedom. the "railroad" part...
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white abolitionists.
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Slaves trying to escape
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to free her friends and family from slavery she would never leave them behind she helped them to make them become free she wanted...
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When the US Constitution outlawed slavery, there was no longer a need for the Underground Railroad.
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Harriet Tubman created the underground rail road.
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The underground railroad happened in the 1830
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No it is known as the underground railroad as it was hidden from sight
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Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman....
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Hariet Tubman.
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I really dont know how he helped with the slavery that is what I want to know. How did he help the runaway slaves and that I...
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slaves traveled under the eartch without eating for months at a time until they reach hungray where they later visited turkey to...
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Around 2-6 months depending on your speed. If I were you, I wouldn't take it at all THEY HAD TO TAKE IT IT WAS THE ONLY WAY OUT
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Many slaves have used the Underground Railroad to become free in Canada.
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Although a few parts of the network involved tunnels or underground hiding places, most of the "underground railroad" consisted...
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