any abolitionist's house they could
It is because the house was a stop in the moving of slaves. The passageways helped keep the slaves safe from the slave catchers or bounty hunters who wanted to return them to their slave owner
House slaves looked after the owners house and family on Southern plantations. House slaves were selected from the most well-behaved of the field slaves. House slaves cooked the meals, cleaned the house, did the laundry, and looked after the children.
A safe house is a house that slaves are safe in. An abolitionists usually owned the house and slaves knew it was a safe house by a light in the window! <There were other ways but that was the main one.>
The Vikings had slaves. The slaves slept in the owner's house on the floor.
Slaves called a safe house on the Underground Railroad a "station" or a "depot."
House slaves were treated better than field slaves. Field slaves were worked hard by a (usually cruel) overseer, while house slaves worked inside, out of the heat, under a normally slightly kinder person.
House slaves duties are cooking, cleaning, serving meals and caring for children daily.
A safe house is a house that slaves are safe in. An abolitionists usually owned the house and slaves knew it was a safe house by a light in the window! <There were other ways but that was the main one.>
It was a series of stops to the north. The slaves were hidden from stop to stop and no one from one stop to another knew the next stop. So, it was "underground".
House slaves and field slaves both experienced harsh living conditions, long hours of labor, and physical punishment. However, house slaves often had slightly better living conditions and more interaction with their masters, while field slaves typically faced harder physical labor and were subject to harsher discipline.
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