Many slaves attempted to travel north to escape from their servitude and to start a new life. Although not literally "underground," the underground railroad acted as a conduit for those escaping enslavement to travel to northern cities and hopefully, freedom. The term "railroad" gives a visionary term that may be compared to "midnight express": which was used as a term for escaping from prison. Many slaves attempted to travel north to escape from their servitude and to start a new life. Obviously, escaped slaves could not travel by railroad safely. It was up to their own sense of survival, members of the Railroad who helped them along the way, and also sponsors at the end of the line who were usually abolitionists.
The people who made the Underground Railroad work were called "Conductors". An example of a Conductor is Harriet Tubman.
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The Underground Railroad was an important historical happening. It was developed between people who wanted to help free slaves. People traveled from the south to the north and back, using known routes to help free men.
I believe you mean what was the underground railroad used for. And the answer to that is, during slavery, it set people free because no slave owners knew about it and that is how slaves would escape from slavery/slave owners.
The underground railroad was established in the late 1700's by Isaac Hopper, but it is most widely recognized for its part in allowing many hundereds of slaves to escape to the North.
Even if there wasn't an underground railroad slavery would have ended without it due to the Civil War. The underground railroad was just a way for slaves to escape and make it to the north it did not end slavery.
There was no actual underground railroad. The term refers to sneaking black people from predetermined locations to locations (On the ground) without being discovered by the authorities by very brave people willing to help without being discovered by the authorities.
harriet Tubman was a "conductor" on the underground railroad she freed many slaves and also worked as a nurse