The Underground Railroad was a network of safe houses and secret routes used by slaves in the US to escape to the free states with the aid of the abolitionists during the 1800s. While not necessarily a key part to the official legal ending of slavery, it played a large part in freeing many slaves and offering those folks a chance at free life.
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Harriet Tubman is one of the most famous leaders of the Underground Railroad. Many other abolitionists (people against slavery) helped, as well.
The Underground railroad helped many slaves to freedom.
The most popular conductor of the Underground Railroad was Harriet Tubman. She helped so many slaves to escape from freedom. She was also saved by William Still (another conductor) to be freed from slavery.
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.
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