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There was no system. Most runaways were recaptrued but the fortunate few were aided by abolitionists and--more often--by the black communities in towns along the route. | There was no system. Most runaways were recaptrued but the fortunate few were aided by abolitionists and--more often--by the black communities in towns along the route. | ||
| + | ==External link== | ||
| + | * [http://www.freedomcenter.org/ National Underground Railroad Freedom Center]], a museum in Cincinnati | ||
[[category:Slavery]] | [[category:Slavery]] | ||
Revision as of 14:08, November 4, 2009
The Underground Railroad is a greatly exaggerated image of a network of safe houses to help runaway slaves from the South make it into Canada in the 1840s and 1850s. A few hundred runaways did use safe houses. But after the Civil War thousands of people claimed their house had served as part of the system.
There was no system. Most runaways were recaptrued but the fortunate few were aided by abolitionists and--more often--by the black communities in towns along the route.
External link
- National Underground Railroad Freedom Center], a museum in Cincinnati