What state was the chief center of the underground railroad?

Answer 1

The underground railroad started in 1923 (some say it started in 1619) by Harriet Tubman. It started in the South and in the north.

it was NOT started by Harriet Tubman. It was started by Isaac Hopper in 1787 and he is known as the father of the underground railroad. Harriet was just one of the important people that helped with the railroad.

Answer 2

The Underground Railroad was neither underground nor a railroad. The term applied to the attempts by some slaves to escape their situation and find a way north. Many hoped to enter Canada which had abolished slavery. If a slave could escape from his plantation, he could, with luck and some help, find places to hide while attempting to flee to Canada or one of the northern states. People who opposed slavery in the South would help out by hiding the slave and providing supplies and directing the slave to the next "hide-out." When the slave reached the northern states, many more people were willing to help the slave on his way to "freedom."

Answer 3

The Undeground Railroad actually has its beginnings in Africa when the Portugese captured their first slaves in the 1400s. It' s been estimated that around twelve million Africans were uprooted from their homeland and sold into a life of slavery between 1450 and 1850. From a multitude of conflict, wars, escapes, and resistance efforts, the Railroad supposedly ended around the mid 19th century, after the American Civil War.

In the United States, because of the secrecy of the Underground Railroad there are no written records or documents of any of the routes taken, who started this resistance and freedom effort, nor who took the escaped slaves into hiding on their route to Canada. Some people believe it started around 1837; others say it began much earlier. The Railroad ended when slavery was abolished after the Union defeated the Confederacy in the American Civil War in 1865.

Answer 4

The underground railroad started in 1923 (some say it started in 1619) by Harriet Tubman. It started in the South and in the north.

it was NOT started by Harriet Tubman. It was started by Isaac Hopper in 1787 and he is known as the father of the underground railroad. Harriet was just one of the important people that helped with the railroad.

Answer 5

The UnderGround Railroad ran through the northwest and sometimes Canada!

Answer 6

There was no particular state that the Underground Railroad began in. The routes ran from the slave states in the south to free states in the north.

Answer 7

Ohio