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Araminta Ross, more widely known as Harriet Tubman.

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What woman led many slaves to freedom along the underground railroad?

i think it was rosa parks


A woman who led many slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad?

Harriet Tubman. :D


Who was the women who led slaves to freedom along the underground railroad?

Harriet Tubman was a famous African American woman who led many escaped slaves through the underground railroad to freedom in the North.


What was a conductor in the underground railroad?

A conductor in the Underground Railroad was a person who helped enslaved individuals escape to freedom in the northern states or Canada. They provided shelter, food, guidance, and transportation along secret routes to ensure the safety of the escaping slaves. Conductors played a crucial role in the success of the Underground Railroad network.


Who assisted hundreds of slaves in escaping along the Underground Railroad?

Harriet Tubman


Who help the slaves escape along the underground railroad?

Harriet Tubman


What was the Underground Railroad?

The underground railroad was an informal network of people who, although in violation of the "Fugitive Slave Act" helped escaped slaves reach freedom in Northern States or Canada.The underground railroad wasn't actually a railroad nor was it underground. It was actually a system where slaves would go from house to house until they could escape to freedom. The underground railroad was an escape route for slaves to travel from safe house to safe house and head to the north.It was an 'underground' organization. That is, it was not publicized, and kept secret from authorities at the time. It was called a railroad, because the way it was organized was akin to the way railroads were run. With various stops along the way (Safe houses) and conductors leading them (Often born-free blacks).Harriet Tubman was a major figure in the history of the underground railroad.The Underground Railroad was used to help slaves in the U.S. escape to states that were free.


Did the underground railroad exist before the civil war?

The Underground Railroad was a series of free blacks and Northerners who were against slavery that would guide slaves up to the North to Freedom. It wasn't an actual railroad, but at times it went underground to hide slaves. It was coined "Underground Railroad" so slave masters wouldn't know what it really was, and it was almost like a railroad. The main people who came directly to the slaves and guided them along the "Railroad" were coined "conductors". One very famous conductor is Harriet Tubman, also nicknamed "Black Moses".


What were Safe-houses that dotted the northern escape route for slaves along the Underground Railroad called?

Slave hoses were houses that housed nice people hiding the slaves. it is a chain of houses that make the underground railroad.


What did slaves call the big dipper?

Slaves called the Big Dipper the "Drinking Gourd" because its shape resembled a gourd or ladle that could be used for drinking water. Slaves used the Drinking Gourd as a navigational tool to help them escape to freedom along the Underground Railroad.


What was the underground railround?

The underground railroad was the path the slaves took from the South to the North to escape slavery. Volunteers housed them along the way.


Where did abolitionists live?

Abolitionists lived along the Underground Railroad so they could assist slaves on the run by giving a safe place to spend the night. Other abolitionists lived in big cities to inform slaves about the underground railroad.