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for people on plantations and tension was rising plantation, and then guide the runaways
throughout the south during the civil war and that northward.? The runaways would usually
resulted in causing the underground railroads travel 10 - 20 miles at night and then rest at a
golden age. The song, Follow the Drinking Gourd, station during the day. Then the station
The Not So master would have to alert the next station
was popular among slaves and it is referring to
the underground railroad when it is saying to
master that the slave would be on their way
Underground to their ?station.?
follow the drinking gourd.
The Pathways to Freedom
The Last Passengers
Railroad Many of the slaves in areas of the

railroad thought that the railroad was a myth The underground railroad came to an end
during the end of the civil war when slavery was
The Golden Routes For abolished. It served no use to the slaves anymore
or they thought that it was no where around
Runaw ay Slaves them. The underground railroad stretched as because there was no need to escape from their

By M ason Shearer far south as Florida and as far north as owner because they didn?t own them
Canada. Many of the escape
Term inology Box anymore. The
routes underground railroad
You wake up below the canvas of the The History of the
involved going to was the best way to
trees remembering that you no longer have a Golden Routes
different ?stations" escape for the slaves. In
comfortable bed to sleep in, the protection of
The underground railroad was the best which usually were the article ?Pathways to
your friends, or the free rations of food
way to freedom for runaways. It was built and peoples houses Freedom: Maryland and
supplied by your owner. There is no going formed in the late 1700?s but was never really that were in on the the Underground
back now. If they find you, you will be functional until the early 1830?s. It hit its peak in underground Railroad,? ?the
tortured and may even be killed. You better use during the 1850?s and 60?s. They had people underground railroad provided them with hiding
railroad. Much of it was above ground but
get going because that would be a horrible called conductors or station masters that ran places, food, and transportation to get to the
some of the escape routes were underground
way to die, being so close to freedom. Slaves different stations on the underground railroad. In next station...? This was the most effective way to
tunnels that connected to the ?stations.? The
that attempt to escape had to be some of the the article, ?People escape bondage for slaves yet it was still risky. It
Who Helped station masters or ?conductors? provided helped about 100,000 people on their way to
bravest people ever to live because of how
Hundreds,? People people with freedom but
harsh the consequences were of an
even guided others food, fresh many other
attempted escape. The underground railroad
on the underground clothing, and runaways
was a series of escape routes including some
railroad like Harriet other things weren't as
underground tunnels for runaway slaves. in
Tubman. She would before successful.
the article, ?The Underground Railroad: guide them to their sending them Slavery was

Escape From Slavery,? about 100,000 slaves first "station" and horrible and it
This is a painting of Harriet
Tubman leading a slave on their way
successfully escaped through the basically hand them brought out the
family to freedom
to another Here are many of the parts of the This is another painting of Harriet
underground railroad. It was the best way to off to them and then go back and try and find underground railroad routes in the Tubman leading a slave family to best in some
station. Many U.S the next station on their quest for
freedom for slaves but it was still very other slaves willing to escape. According to the of the ?conductors? figured out crafty ways to freedom people but the
dangerous. It tested the slaves physically and national park service, Through the end of the civil worst in many. The underground railroad is one
war the African American slaves would use the get slaves to their ?station.? In the article, The
mentally throughout their whole escape but of the most significant systems in American
underground railroad as a way to escape the Underground Railroad, Sometimes
there was no better way to gain freedom for history.
bondage of their owner. Times were getting harsh "conductors" would pose as a slave, enter a
a slave.