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Why is it called under ground rail road?

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∙ 16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

The people of the Underground Railroad attempted to secretly move the freed slaves to places where they could live in freedom. They were "underground" in the sense that they were a secret organization; and a "railroad" in that they moved people over long distances.

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What was under ground rail road called?

The underground railroad.


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it was a under ground road that was made to help the slaves escape to my house(canada)


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