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The Underground Railroad was used by freedom seekers from slavery in the United States and was generally an organized network of secret routes and safe houses. [1]
Há 3 dias · Underground Railroad, in the United States, a system existing in the Northern states before the Civil War by which escaped slaves from the South were secretly helped by sympathetic Northerners, in defiance of the Fugitive Slave Acts, to reach places of safety in the North or in Canada.
29 de out. de 2009 · The Underground Railroad was a network of people, African American as well as white, offering shelter and aid to escaped enslaved people from the South.
O Underground Railroad foi uma rede secreta de rotas e esconderijos estabelecida nos Estados Unidos em meados do século XIX e era utilizada por afro-americanos escravizados para escapar em direção aos estados livres (especialmente no norte) ou para o Canadá. [1]
Harris was one of approximately 2,000 slaves whom the Coffins helped escape through Newport—a feat that earned Levi the moniker “President of the Underground Railroad.”. In his memoir, Levi told the stories of fugitives he had aided, from when he was a boy in North Carolina to his years as a prominent merchant and banker in the Midwest.
27 de jul. de 2024 · Harriet Tubman was a deeply spiritual woman who lived her ideals and dedicated her life to freedom. She is the Underground Railroad’s best known conductor and before the Civil War repeatedly risked her life to guide 70 enslaved people north to new lives of freedom. This new national historical park preserves the same landscapes that Tubman used to carry herself and others away from slavery.
7 de fev. de 2006 · 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).
