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100,000 slaves escaped through the undreground railroad to freedom

50,000 slaves were reported to have escaped between 1830 and 1860.

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How did rhe underground railroad work?

The underground railroad helped take escaped slaves away to the North where it was safe.


Was the underground railroad for a train?

no. the underground railroad was a secret (underground) chain of people who would help slaves reach freedom. the "railroad" part of the underground railroad was simply a way to refer to the chain of people that runaway slaves would stay with.


How did the underground railroad get spread to other countries?

There was no underground railroad in other countries. The underground railroad was not a real railroad, but one that was a series of stops that moved escaped slaves north.


How did Abolitionists fix the tracks on the Underground Railroad?

The Underground Railroad wasn't a literal railroad, so there were no tracks. It was a metaphor for the routes that escaped slaves took on their journey North.


What year did most slaves escape the underground railroad?

The Underground Railroad was the name given to the system by which escaped slaves from the South were helped in their flight to the North. It is believed that the system started in 1787. The Underground Railroad was at its height between 1850 and 1860.


What did the slaves that escaped to the north use?

The slaves used either the underground railroad, or they found a crafty way to act like a free person.


Who was the slave who escaped to the North?

Depends on which slave. There was Harriet Tubman, and a lot of other different slaves that escaped on the Underground Railroad. Which was not actually a railroad, it was a series of safe houses that fed, clothed, and hid slaves. No matter what the cost.


Which systems were used before the Civil War to transport escaped slaves into the free states of the North?

underground railroad ;P


Who is the woman who helped hundreds of others escaped slaves flee to freedom in north via underground railroad?

Harriet Tubman


What was the underground railroad who were the passengers and the conductors?

The 'passengers' of the Underground Railroad were enslaved African Americans and 'conductors' were abolitionists(people against slavery). But remember, the Underground Railroad wasn't underground and wasn't an actual railroad


Why do some of the routes in the underground railroad point to the north?

Canada, which is north of the United States, was a good destination for escaping slaves. Canada did not return escaped slaves to their former owners.


What is the name of the woman who helped hundreds of other escaped slaves flee to freedom in the north via the underground railroad?

Harriett Tubman