SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
Question
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What nave was given to the network of safe houses that assisted people escaping slavery in the 1800s?
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the Transcontinental Railroad
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the Underground Railroad
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the Bill of Rights
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the Freedom Trail
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Underground Railroad-the resistance to enslavement through escape and flight, through the end of the Civil War-refers to the efforts of enslaved African Americans to gain their freedom by escaping bondage.
Detailed explanation-2: -Many Means of Escape Most often they traveled by land on foot, horse, or wagon under the protection of darkness. Drivers concealed self-liberators in false compartments built into their wagons, or hid them under loads of produce. Sometimes, fleeing slaves traveled by train.
Detailed explanation-3: -During the era of slavery, the Underground Railroad was a network of routes, places, and people that helped enslaved people in the American South escape to the North.
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