Underground Railroad

The Underground railroad is not an actual railroad. It was a secret network of cooperation between slaves and those who helped them escape to freedom in attempts to give them that freedom. So, the U.R.R. may be in your heart or mind, but not in a physical place.

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many northeners learned about slavery by personal contact with slaves

The Underground Railroad was not an actual railroad. It was a route that helped slaves escape their cruel masters and guided them to freedom in the North where slavery was not allowed. There were many "conductors", or people who helped guide the slaves from house to house safely. The journeys took place at night, when the slaves day work was done, so that they were less likely to get caught.

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The underground railroad happened in the 1830

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The effects were to help the slaves reach freedom.

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no. the underground railroad was a secret (underground) chain of people who would help slaves reach freedom. the "railroad" part of the underground railroad was simply a way to refer to the chain of people that runaway slaves would stay with.

Blue Island Junction in Illinois has 75 to 100 trains daily. CSX, CN and IHB mainlines meet here.

the under ground rail road was a secret rote that slave would take to get to the north were they would be free. some way to travel that rote is ridding in the back of a wagon under some hay stuff like that were you would not be seen.

It depends upon which day you are reffering to.

They were "runaways", because they were slaves who had run away from their 'masters'.

No offence black people. but the answer is it was the place of freedom southern people had slaves so black people moved north on the underground railroad but it wasn't really under ground

She was once a slave herself so she knew how it felt. She escaped but left her family behind. She swore she would go back for her family. She was brave. So, she successfully freed her family and 300 other slaves also. :)

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Harriet Tubman was the most famous conductor of the underground rail road- bringing slaves to freedom in Canada.

The economy had been severely damaged during the war, especially in the South. It needed to be rebuilt.

Foreign investment was also important. Foreign countries were able to trade with the South after the war.

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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".

The underground railroad was very successful because no slave owners knew about it. Also, there was no way for anyone to track the slaves, so the slaves could leave without anyone noticing. Another reason is that many people, including Harriet Tubman, helped the slaves along the way. Many people wouldn't have thought that slaves would be that smart so there was no suspicion.

The Underground Railroad lead to Mexico, New York, even Canada. It led to Canada because Canada did not allow slavery

Harriet Tubman was receptive to John Brown's ideas. Brown was impressed by her work on the Underground Railroad. Because she was very familiar with the topography of western Virginia , she shared that information with Brown. She also agreed to enlist Black recruits from Canada. Her help to Brown was chronicled in the plans found in Brown's Maryland farmhouse.

Slaves heard about the underground railroad mainly by word of mouth form other slaves that knew about it. It was obviously kept very quiet so they would be able to escape from their masters.