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Answer The term was used to describe the underground network of safe houses used to transport slaves out of the Southern slave-states to the free-states of the North during the Civil War period.

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Founded of the under ground railroad?

The "underground railroad" is a term used, in a broad sense, to refer to secret routes and safehouses to assist escaped slaves. There was no single "underground railroad". While there were notable people involved in this, there was no "founder" of it because the term is too broad.


Was the Underground Railroad underground?

No it is known as the underground railroad as it was hidden from sight


What is a sentence using the term Underground Railroad in a sentence about slavery?

The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by slaves to escape to free states or Canada.


What is the name of the railroad that Harriet Tubman worked on?

The Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad.


When did the Underground Railroad end?

the underground railroad started in 1816 and ended in 1856.


When did the underground railroad happen?

The underground railroad happened in the 1830


When was the Underground Railroad founded?

The Underground Railroad was started in the 1810. The Underground Railroad was responsible for helping thousands of slaves find freedom.


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.


Was Elijah Anderson the superintendent of the underground railroad?

Yes, he was the superintendent of the Underground Railroad.


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

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


Who was called the father of the underground railroad?

Harriet Tubman is often referred to as the "Moses" or "Conductor" of the Underground Railroad, leading hundreds of enslaved individuals to freedom. However, the term "father" is not commonly used to describe any particular individual associated with the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was a collective network of abolitionists and conductors who worked together to assist enslaved individuals in their escape to freedom.


Was James fairfield a underground railroad enineer?

Yes he was a conductor in the Underground Railroad. We read it in the book "The Story of the Underground Railroad" by R. Conrad Stein