PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE WOMENS MOVEMENT
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Question
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Escaping to a free state did not guarantee freedom to a runaway.
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The trains often broke down, causing escape to be very time consuming and dangerous.
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Those who helped runaways were known as “conductors".
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Canada was often the destination of runaways.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Whether alone or with a conductor, the journey was dangerous. Slave catchers with guns and dogs roamed the area looking for runaways to capture. People who spotted the fugitives might alert police-or capture the runaways themselves for a reward. The fugitives were often hungry, cold, and scared for their lives.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which of the following best describes the Underground Railroad? It was a piece of the transcontinental railroad that was built in Kansas. It was a group of abolitionists who were hiding out from the government.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.