The people who made the Underground Railroad work were called "Conductors". An example of a Conductor is Harriet Tubman.
It is an estimate that 3,000 people worked on the underground railroad.
Yes. White Women did work on the underground railroad. Although, mostly men worked on the underground railroad, while the women helped aid wounded.
{| |- | The Underground Railroad is the name given the system of moving slaves out of the South. Through a system of 'safe houses' slaves could work their way to freedom in Canada. Many people risked criminal charges to assist them, opening their homes to the travellers. |}
The desire to work
The number of people involved in the Underground Railroad is a subject of some historical debate, but it is believed that over 100,000 slaves escaped via the Railroad, traveling through dozens of "stations" leading to the north. The locations of many stations and the identity of many people involved of the Underground Railroad were never discovered and have been lost to history.
It is an estimate that 3,000 people worked on the underground railroad.
Yes. White Women did work on the underground railroad. Although, mostly men worked on the underground railroad, while the women helped aid wounded.
# Harriet Tubman worked on the underground railroad about 10 years #
The underground railroad helped take escaped slaves away to the North where it was safe.
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The Underground Railroad was created through team work of freed northern slaves and enslaved southerners.
William Still was best known for his work as an abolitionist, historian, and conductor on the Underground Railroad. He helped countless enslaved individuals escape to freedom and documented their stories in his book, "The Underground Railroad."
Underground railroad
Harriet Tubman
{| |- | The Underground Railroad is the name given the system of moving slaves out of the South. Through a system of 'safe houses' slaves could work their way to freedom in Canada. Many people risked criminal charges to assist them, opening their homes to the travellers. |}
The desire to work
The number of people involved in the Underground Railroad is a subject of some historical debate, but it is believed that over 100,000 slaves escaped via the Railroad, traveling through dozens of "stations" leading to the north. The locations of many stations and the identity of many people involved of the Underground Railroad were never discovered and have been lost to history.