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UnderGround Railroad

By EminemMMLP2
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    UnderGround Railroad Timeline

  • Underground Railroad Begins

    William Still, “father” of the Underground Railroad, begins helping fugitive slaves

  • First long distance route established

    Levi Coffin establishes first long distance route from North Carolina to Indiana

  • Indiana Quakers hide fugitive slaves

    Indiana Quakers use secret rooms and false-bottom wagons to hide fugitive slaves

  • William L. Garrison's anti-slavery newspaper crusade

    William L. Garrison’s anti-slavery newspaper crusade sways countless Americans

  • American Anti-Slavery Society founded

    American Anti-Slavery Society founded by Theodore Dwight Weld

  • NYC Underground helps 1,000 fugitive slaves

    David Ruggles and Isaac Hopper work together to build NYC Underground to help 1,000 fugitive slaves

  • Dawn Institute established

    Fugitive slave Josiah Henson establishes Dawn Institute, where fugitive slaves learn trades and adjust to free society

  • Harriet Tubman escaped

    Harriet Tubman escaped, became most famous Underground “conductor”

  • Northerners increasingly ignored federal law

    Northerners increasingly ignored federal law and supported Underground efforts

  • Civil War began

    South Carolina troops fire on Fort Sumter; Civil War begins