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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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Who helped runaway slaves escape on the under ground railroad?

Harriet Tubman is one of the most famous leaders of the Underground Railroad. Many other abolitionists (people against slavery) helped, as well.


What is a good sentence using underground railroad?

The Underground railroad helped many slaves to freedom.


Who was a conductor on the underground railroad?

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.


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.


One what people escaped slavery in the south and helped others to escapethrough a network called the underground railroad who was this abolitionist?

No names followed to choose from, as your question stated "which of the following people," but I believe you are looking for Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman, from Maryland, escaped slavery in 1849 and fled to Philadelphia. She returned soon after for her family. Afterward, Harriet spent atleast 10 years helping other slaves escape using the underground railroad. The Underground railroad was actually a network of homes, owned by salvery protesters, that opened their doors to fleeing slaves heading for the North.

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Who helped with the underground railroad?

Ex slaves and white people who disagreed with slavery helped.


Why wasn't the Underground Railroad a real answer to the problem of slavery?

because slavery was not going to end until it was banned. underground railroad helped escape, but people(white) still were using slaves.


What is a movement in the US in the early 19th century to help bondsmen escape from slavery and reach freedom?

The Underground Railroad helped bondsmen escape from slavery at that time. They traveled from the South to the North to gain freedom.


Why was the Underground Railroad so important?

The Underground Railroad contributed to the Civil War as a dramatic protest action against slavery. Established in the early 1800's, the Underground Railroad helped thousands of slaves to escape bondage.


Who was Hariett Tubman and what did she do?

Hariet Tubman was a black person who helped to stop black slavery in the US. She helped many slaves escape slavery by helping out with the "Underground Railroad"


Was Harriet Tubman for or against slavery how do yu know?

She was against slavery. We know this because she was a major underground railroad operator who helped people escape from slavery.


Female significant conductor of the underground railroad?

Harriet TubmanHarriet Tubman is considered the leader of the Underground railroad. The Underground railroad helped more than 30,000 slaves escape slavery.


What did Harriet want to be when she grew up?

I think she wanted to be a person who helped people get out of slavery. That is probably why she built the underground railroad.


Who helped runaway slaves escape on the under ground railroad?

Harriet Tubman is one of the most famous leaders of the Underground Railroad. Many other abolitionists (people against slavery) helped, as well.


What role did women play in the abolitionists movement?

Women played many roles in the abolitionist movement. Some were not afraid to be vocal about the horrors of slavery. Others helped by hiding slaves in their homes, and many helped with the Underground Railroad, arranging help for slaves to be moved to free states. Many women helped by collecting signatures on petitions and writing articles to be published in anti-slavery newspapers.


What was it called when people where led to freedom from slavery in the underground railroad?

The best word to describe the underground railroad is "escape". It was indeed the means of escape for black slaves to the free states or to Canada and it helped around 100,000 to freedom.


What did Harriet Tubman want to be when she grew up?

I think she wanted to be a person who helped people get out of slavery. That is probably why she built the underground railroad.