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What were escaped slaves that formed their own community called?
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maroons. Continental Academy, huh.......
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Were escaped slaves who formed their own communities?
B. Maroons
What was slaves called when they escaped?
Slaves who escaped were often referred to as fugitives, runaways, or freedom seekers. Some escaped slaves were also called maroons, particularly those who formed independent communities in remote areas.
What were escaped slaves called?
black people
What are the names slaves that ran away?
Many slaves escaped. The name of one who escaped and was recaptured is Moses Roper. There was a society who helped them to escape and they had a system called the "underground railroad" which helped lots of slaves, lead by Harriet Tubman. Another famous escaped slave was Fredrick Douglass, who escaped from the south and fled to the north to become a distinguished abolitionist.
Which northern cities were destination for escaped slaves?
Slaves escaped to Detroit, Erie, and Boston.
How many slaves in the north escaped on the underground railroad?
100,000 slaves escaped through the undreground railroad to freedom 50,000 slaves were reported to have escaped between 1830 and 1860.
How did Harriet help the slaves in the civil war?
She formed the underground railroad which went from safehouse to safehouse from the south to the north where the slaves escaped to. She rescued about 100 people. Most slaves even went all the way up to Canada.
What is the name of a person who caught runaway slaves and returned them to their owners?
A person whose business was catching escaped slaves to return them to their owners was called a "slave catcher."
What did Slaves do after they escaped?
ran for their lives to Hawaii
What country was The African colony of Palmares located in?
Palmares, or Quilombo dos Palmares, was a fugitive community of escaped slaves and others in colonial Brazil that developed from 1605 until its suppression in 1694. It was located in what is today the Brazilian state of Alagoas.
Why did the slaves want the underground railroad?
Slaves wanted their freedom. Many escaped to Canada.
How many slaves escaped in the civil war?
52%
