they secretly go to path that leads to the north mostly on foot and whenever they see white slave owners they hide and usually they follow the path of the mason dixon line cause they thought it was freedom but slave hunters can still catch theses slaves from escaping farther north so slaves really escaped farther north for slave hunters not to catch them
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The slaves saw the north as an escape from slavery during the early 1700's. Most of the slaves were owned in the south of the United States and a slave had a chance at freedom in the north.
slaves werent supposed to be literate during slavery so they only became literate when they escape from the south
Did life improve for the black Americans slaves after the abolition of slavery?
they helped in the fight for free slaves.
Some white people did not want to help the slaves because they were afraid of being persecuted, they agreed with slavery or they were disinterested by the idea of slavery and therefore felt no need to help slaves. However, the answer depends on what you mean by 'help the slaves'. Because it could denote fighting against slavery or helping slaves escape.