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Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a group of secret routes and safe houses that allowed slaves to escape to free states in the mid 1800s.
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How did the slaves on the underground railroad know the stations were safe?
my best guess is that the teacher is wanting you to tell them about the special quilts. the home owner would put out as a sign for slaves to know they are going in the right direction and that if a particular home was a underground safe house or no. different patterns would mean different things.
How many slaves in the north escaped on the underground railroad?
100,000 slaves escaped through the undreground railroad to freedom
50,000 slaves were reported to have escaped between 1830 and 1860.
What was the Underground Railroad-?
The Underground Railroad was used to help slaves in the U.S. escape to states that were free, or to Canada. The railroad was a system of safe houses and secret routes.
Where is felsheim tn in the book underground to canada?
When they go to the houses where the people who speak German look after them.
Was the Underground Railroad underground?
No it is known as the underground railroad as it was hidden from sight
What can be a conclusion to the underground railroad?
The underground railroad was an important part of American history. It was when whites and blacks came together to help those that were willing to risk their own lives for freedom.
What other country did passengers on the Underground Railroad travel to?
Very often escaped slaves were not safe living in the North because of the US Fugitive Slave Act. Also because some Northern US States were not friendly to escaped slaves. However, the leader of the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman, helped the escaped slaves gain refuge in British controlled Canada.
What are the causes of the underground railroad?
People used it to escape to Canada because the work the slaves did was to hard.
What role were quilts believed to have played on the Underground Railroad?
They included maps to safe houses along the route north.
What does dry goods mean in underground to Canada?
It means girl and women slaves who are escaping to Canada
How long did the slaves from the underground railroad travel on foot'?
Foot. It was a series of stops. Not a real train.
Why did Quakers help slaves escape?
Because there's is a religion of action and believing all people to be equal, do not believe one person can own another and have complete authority over anyone apart from them self.
Ok odd question but I think I have the answer. whites was probably illegal, since they were free. But blacks had no rights, so you could kill them or anything.... but if you harmed the white you could be charged with crime.
Where is the Putnam Underground Railroad Ed in Zanesville Ohio located?
The address of the Putnam Underground Railroad Ed is: 522 Woodlawn Ave, Zanesville, OH 43701-4944
Did anyone discover the Underground Railroad who was not supposed to discover?
If somebody down south discovered it...dont u think they would have put a stop to it ....its common sense and the Southern white ppl were not supposed to know
Was the underground railroad successful?
yes it was very sucessful, there were many people who were freeded and were able to live a life like normal people like we do today. The underground railroad included many people like Harriet Tubman and other people like john Farfeild and Levi Quaker. The underground railroad was a vast netweork of people who free slaves. The underground railroad took place from 1780-1850. and took place from the sounth and ended in Canada.The underground railroad was sucessful because many slaves got freed.
What was the life of Harriet Tubman life like before she became a part of the Underground Railroad?
She was a slave
Why did people demand regulation of the railroads in the late 19th century?
3. Why did people, particularly farmers, demand regulation of
the railroads in the late 19th century?
Was Frederick Douglass a conductor of the Underground Railroad?
No, he was an author and speaker against slavery. He himself escaped slavery with the help of a free black woman in 1838, at the age of 20. He took a one-day trip in a sailor's disguise, from Maryland to New York City. After 8 years as a fugitive, abolitionists sent him on a speaking tour to England and Ireland, during which friends located his owner in Maryland and negotiated his freedom. He became a major abolitionist author in the period leading up to the Civil War.
