LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
REFORM MOVEMENTS OF THE 19TH CENTURY
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to mine for gold more easily
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to help slaves escape to freedom
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to connect the North with the South
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to move people around cities quickly
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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. Wherever slavery existed, there were efforts to escape.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Underground Railroad refers to the effort–sometimes spontaneous, sometimes highly organized–to assist persons held in bondage in North America to escape from slavery.
Detailed explanation-3: -6 Strategies Harriet Tubman and Others Used to Escape Along the Underground Railroad. From elaborate disguises to communicating in code to fighting back, enslaved people found multiple paths to freedom. From elaborate disguises to communicating in code to fighting back, enslaved people found multiple paths to freedom.
Detailed explanation-4: -They helped African Americans escape from enslavement in the American South to free Northern states or to Canada. The Underground Railroad was the largest anti-slavery freedom movement in North America. It brought between 30, 000 and 40, 000 fugitives to British North America (now Canada).
Detailed explanation-5: -Our Headlines and Heroes blog takes a look at Harriet Tubman as the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad. Tubman and those she helped escape from slavery headed north to freedom, sometimes across the border to Canada.