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Underground Railroad Wikipedia ~ Underground Railroad The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid1800s and used by AfricanAmerican slaves to escape into free states and Canada It was helped by abolitionists and others sympathetic to their cause

The Underground Railroad National Geographic Society ~ The Underground Railroad was the network used by enslaved black Americans to obtain their freedom in the 30 years before the Civil War 18601865 The “railroad” used many routes from states in the South which supported slavery to “free” states in the North and Canada

Underground Railroad HistoryNet ~ Underground Railroad summary The Underground Railroad was the term used to describe a network of meeting places secret routes passageways and safe houses used by slaves in the to escape slave holding states to northern states and Canada

Underground Railroad United States history Britannica ~ Underground Railroad in the United States a system existing in the Northern states before the Civil War by which escaped slaves from the South were secretly helped by sympathetic Northerners in defiance of the Fugitive Slave Acts to reach places of safety in the North or in Canada

Underground Railroad National Park Service ~ Beginning in the 17 th century and continuing through the mid19 th century in the United States enslaved African Americans resisted bondage to gain their freedom through acts of selfemancipation The individuals who sought this freedom from enslavement known as freedom seekers and those who assisted along the way united together to become what is known as the Underground Railroad

What was the Underground Railroad Harriet Tubman ~ The Underground Railroad was formed in the early 19th century and reached its height between 1850 and 1860 Much of what we know today comes from accounts after the Civil War and accurate statistics about fugitive slaves using the Underground Railway may never be verifiable

The Underground Railroad Pulitzer Prize ~ The Underground Railroad see the NY Times review has been the talk of the town for the past year The basic premise of this novel is that the underground railroad was just that a real physical underground railroad This gives the book a bit of dystopian feel although this is an antebellum tale with time appropriate technology