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What name was given to escape system used by slaves to find safety in the north?
The underground railroad
What is the name of the system that helped slaves escape and gain their freedom?
In the US it was called the Underground Railroad
What did the underground railroad do?
The Underground Railroad (URR) emerged as a result of over four hundred years of slavery in the United States. Oppressed slaves wanted a way out, and with the help of Abolitionist and other Anti-Slavery proponents, many slaves escaped to freedom in Canada. A lot of them were helped along their way via the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was neither underground nor a railroad. It was a loosely constructed network of escape routes that originated in the Southern United States, through the less restricted North and eventually stretched to Canada. Slaves escaped not only to Canada, but also to Mexico and the Caribbean. This system of escape started as early as the 1500s and operated well into the 1800s.
What was the name of the system of safe passages and safehouses that allowed American Slaves to escape to freedom in Canada?
I think it was called" The underground railroad.
How did the southern colony make a living?
The Southern Colonies made a living by growing cash crops like tobacco and indigo and by using slaves for cheap labor. In the south they used the plantation system in which many of the plantations were self-sufficient.
The system of escape routes and hiding places for runaway slaves was called the Underground Railroad.?
True.
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.
What was the name of the system that helped runaway slaves?
The Underground Railroad was the name of the system that helped runaway slaves escape to freedom in the northern states and Canada. It was a network of routes and safe houses operated by abolitionists and sympathetic individuals.
Was a system of routes that escaping slaves followed to freedom?
The Underground Railroad
What system used secret routes to help slaves?
the pony express The Underground Railroad.
What was the system of secret escape routes that led enslaved people to free lands?
The system of secret escape routes that led enslaved people to free lands was called the Underground Railroad. It was a network of safe houses, abolitionists, and hidden routes that helped enslaved individuals escape to free states or Canada. The network operated in the United States before the Civil War.
Where is the Under Ground Rail Road?
The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved African Americans to escape to free states and Canada in the 19th century. It was not an actual railroad but a metaphorical term for the system of escape routes and support networks.
What system did the abolitionists and slaves create so the slaves could have their freedom?
I believe that you are asking about the underground railroad, a route for the escape of slaves to the north.
Underground Railroad?
a system of secret routes used by escaping slaves to reach freedom in the North or in Canada
What did southern planters believe would weaken the system of slavery?
Southern planters believed that if slaves learned to read, it would weaken the system of slavery.
What name was given to escape system used by slaves to find safety in the north?
The underground railroad
What is the name of the system that helped slaves escape and gain their freedom?
In the US it was called the Underground Railroad
