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The first trips on the Underground RailRoad were made
In the late 1700s, the network know as the underground RailRoad was formed -
What is the definition of the underground railroad?
The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-19th century, and used by African-American slaves to escape into free states -
Where does the underground railroad start and end?
The Underground Railroad went north to freedom. Sometimes passengers stopped when they reached a free state such as Pennsylvania, New Jersey, or Ohio. After 1850, most escaping slaves traveled all the way to Canada. They had to go to Canada to make sure they would be safe. -
How long did it take to cross the underground railroad?
The journey would take 800 miles and six weeks, on a route winding through Maryland, Pennsylvania and New York, tracing the byways that fugitive slaves took to Canada and freedom. -
How did the underground railroad work?
Underground Railroad conductors were free individuals who helped fugitive slaves traveling along the Underground Railroad. Conductors helped runaway slaves by providing them with safe passage to and from stations. They did this under the cover of darkness with slave catchers right behind them. -
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Peak of the underground RailRoad
One estimate suggests that by 1850, 100,000 slaves had escaped via the "Railroad". -
Fugitive Slave Act is made
The fugitive Salve Act was a law that made it legal for slaveholders to use a legal weapon to capture slaves who had escaped to the free states. -
Harriet Tubman's first rescue
Harriet began her rescue missions immediately. She helped her niece, and her niece's two children, escape slavery.
