They helped by providing food, water, and shelter to slaves until they reached Canada and their freedom.
The Underground Railroad was the name of the system that helped runaway slaves escape to freedom in the northern states and Canada. It was a network of routes and safe houses operated by abolitionists and sympathetic individuals.
Harriet Tubman is one of the most famous leaders of the Underground Railroad. Many other abolitionists (people against slavery) helped, as well.
Harriet Tubman
The Underground Railroad .
The effects were to help the slaves reach freedom.
As abolitionists refused to obey stricter laws concerning runaway slaves, the number of runaway slaves seeking freedom began to increase. Abolitionists helped fugitive slaves escape to free states or Canada through the Underground Railroad, a network of safe houses and secret routes. This resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 highlighted the divide between anti-slavery activists and pro-slavery supporters in the lead-up to the Civil War.
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Yes, they used a system of safe-houses to help them escape into Canada.
The Underground Railroad
People who helped slaves escape were often referred to as conductors or stationmasters on the Underground Railroad.
she achieved her goal by going to the underground railroad
They helped by providing food, water, and shelter to slaves until they reached Canada and their freedom.