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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.
Why did slaves make the underground railroad?
I think you've interpreted the term a bit too literally. It wasn't a real railroad, it wasn't underground, and it wasn't built by slaves. It was a network of escape routes organized by anti-slavery activists, including both whites and free blacks, in the years leading up to the Civil War. Escaped slaves would be moved from one "safe house" to another, often at night, so that they could eventually make their way to a northern state where they would be free and out of range of southern slave hunters. Because the activity was designed to be out of sight as much as possible and so many escapees were being rescued, the popular press compared it to a railroad that was running underground. In fact, to look at it from the perspective of someone who knows about real railroads, at that time the idea of an actual underground railroad was a complete fantasy - the technology didn't even exist until the 1860s. But the slave escape routes were sufficiently successful that the public decided only such a science-fiction concept could be capable of moving so many people with such stealth.
Why did the underground railroad have to be so secretive?
Abolitionists (people who were against slavery) were using the Underground Railroad to smuggle fugitive slaves north to Canada. Slaves were considered property, so to help them escape was like stealing. If discovered, a fugitive slave could be killed or brought home and beaten. Some even had their hands or feet cut off so they couldn't run away. The abolitionists would be thrown in jail or worse.
How did the slaves hide on the Underground Railroad?
The slaves would travel at night, so as not to be seen, and during the day there were houses or barns or buissness owned by abolitionists where the could stay and hide until nightfall
Where did the African American slaves travel to and why?
African Americans traveled to Canada because there was no slavery there and they traveled there because their masters treated them very badly. They got whipped and beaten even if they rested from work for a minute. So they escaped through the underground railroad and they came to Canada.
How was the underground railroad was able to be so successful in it's fight against slavery?
It was in secret.
Why do you think underground railroad included many coastal cities?
so the slaves can be out of the Slaveholding regions
Why was the Underground Railroad so successful?
The underground railroad was very successful because no slave owners knew about it. Also, there was no way for anyone to track the slaves, so the slaves could leave without anyone noticing. Another reason is that many people, including Harriet Tubman, helped the slaves along the way. Many people wouldn't have thought that slaves would be that smart so there was no suspicion.
Did people who were not involve in the underground railroad know about the underground railroad?
Yes they did and that is why it was so amazingly secrative. Yes because some of the whites helped the slaves get to freedom by using the Underground Railroad.
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.
How did Abolitionists fix the tracks on the Underground Railroad?
The Underground Railroad wasn't a literal railroad, so there were no tracks. It was a metaphor for the routes that escaped slaves took on their journey North.
Was the underground railroad in Virginia?
Yes I BELIEVE so
Was the under ground railroad really a railroad?
No, it was called that so that way "masters" thought it was a railroad , so they wouldn't have to go on it. The Underground Railroad was for escaped slaves to get to Canada.
Was the underground railroad a good use?
yes because if it wasn't for the underground railroad then many blacks like myself would still be slaves most likely and slavery is wrong so of course the underground railroad is a good use
Where did escaped people cross over to Canada from new york?
I think the underground Railroad I don't know so don't blame me
What is an undergrond railroad?
it wasn't really underground, or a railroad, but it was like a secret path that soujorner truth helped all the slaves go to the south i think it was, so they would be free slaves.
A group of people who aided slaves on the run by providing shelter and food?
The Underground Railroad setup passage ways so that slaves can escape captivityThat would be the Underground Railroad. Underground not as in subterranean but as in secret or hidden. And railroad not as with trains and tracks, but as in going from place to place via way stations and stopovers.Underground Railroad
