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acts inspired freed blacks and other

antislavery northern back in the

United States and they began to

help slaves in the south escape from

plantations through loose networks

of safe houses and escape routes.

This practice was known as the

Underground Railroad.

Chapter 5: The Underground

Railroad

The Underground Railroad was

a system in which routes would

be put in place where slaves from