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The Underground Railroad was not a railroad; it was a network of safe houses where slaves could stay until it was safe to move on farther north to the next "stop."

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What were groups of people who aided slaves on the run by providing food and shelter?

The chain of people and families that aided slaves on the run were called the Underground Railroad.


What is the fragment of this sentence The Underground Railroad organized by abolitionists was a system That aided fugitive slaves in their journey to the North of the US and Canada?

The Underground Railroad organized by abolitionists was a system. That aided fugitive slaves in their journey to the North of the United States and Canada.


What was a group of people who aided slaves on the run by providing shelter and food?

The organization of all the people aiding slaves on the run was called the Underground Railroad. The people who provided shelter and food were called station masters.' There is a link below.


What causes did the underground railroad have?

A secret cooperative network that aided fugitive slaves in reaching sanctuary in the free states or in CanadaWelcome =)


A group of people who aided slaves on the run by providing shelter and food?

The Underground Railroad setup passage ways so that slaves can escape captivityThat would be the Underground Railroad. Underground not as in subterranean but as in secret or hidden. And railroad not as with trains and tracks, but as in going from place to place via way stations and stopovers.Underground Railroad


When did slaves follow underground railroad to freedom?

What year did the slaves follow the underground railroad to freedom


Groups of people who aided slaves on the run by providing shelter and food?

What you refer to is the underground railroad which consisted of a chain of people who hid the slaves and then sent them to the next person.


What did they callpeople who aided the fugitives of the underground railroad?

miners


How many slaves that used the underground railroad became free?

about how many slaves used the underground railroad, which was about 100,000.


What did the slaves do for fun on the underground railroad?

I believe that they sang and/or danced, in the underground railroad


What were slaves escaping on the railroad called?

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What was the railroad to freedom traveled by slaves?

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