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What were the causes of the underground railroad?
The Fugitive Slave Act caused the formation of the Underground Railroad.
How did slave owners in the north prevent slaves from escaping?
There were no northern slaves or slave owners. That is why slaves went north when escaping with the Underground Railroad.
What was the underground railroad good for?
The effects were to help the slaves reach freedom.
How could slaves leave their owners and go to Canada?
Via the underground railroad
Was the under ground railroad under ground?
no it wasn't i was just a secret code. No, the Underground Railroad was neither underground nor a railroad. It was called "underground" because slave owners could never find out how or when slaves escaped. The slave owners claimed it must be underground since they could never see the slaves run off; however, the Underground Railroad was just extremely sneaky and never was underground.
What was a underground railroad?
The Underground Railroad wasn't a railroad at all, It wasn't even underground. The UnderGround Railroad is a series of houses and shelters where people take care of slaves when they are trying to escape from freedom. And it was hell. Picture escaped slaves running for their lives while their "owners" sent out execution parties fully equipped with weapons and dogs to track down the escaped slaves.
Did the owners of the slaves know there was an underground railroad?
No, because if they did do you think the slaves would escape at all, yeah that's what I thought!
When did slaves follow underground railroad to freedom?
What year did the slaves follow the underground railroad to freedom
Why was the underground railroad was used for?
I believe you mean what was the underground railroad used for. And the answer to that is, during slavery, it set people free because no slave owners knew about it and that is how slaves would escape from slavery/slave owners.
Did all slaves leave in the underground railroad?
The majority of slaves were not able to escape their owners and remained in slavery until the end of the Civil War.
Who did Uncle Tom's Cabin write about?
Slaves, slave-owners, slave-drivers, Abolitionists and the organisers of the Underground Railroad.
How many slaves that used the underground railroad became free?
about how many slaves used the underground railroad, which was about 100,000.
