Underground+Railroad

=  __  The Underground Railroad  __= The Underground Railroad was a secret road to freedom that was led by the North Star and a conductor. The fugitive slaves were led in the night by a conductor and eventually either got to the north and hid in the cities there, some went to Canada, and others got captured on their way there. On their way to the North, slaves were hid in numerous ways like in attics, storerooms, and under feather beds. Once the slaves arrived in the North, they settled in an area on a route of the Underground Railroad, just in case they needed to escape quickly. Some religious groups like the Quakers, Jews, Covenanters, and Roman Catholics aided the fugitive slaves and had an impact on the effectiveness of the Underground Railroad. Free-Soil Party members, free blacks, and other worked to fed, clothe, and shelter fugitives. Women’s antislavery societies had sewing circles to raise money and give clothing to the fugitive slaves. Many of the conductors on the Underground Railroad were black freedmen, one of the most famous being Harriet Tubman. Another famous black freedman, Fredrick Douglass, was an escaped slave fro Maryland who went on to be one of the most talented and famous black speakers and had a major impact on the way people thought and gave them feelings of hope and freedom in the near future that they didn’t have before. Primarily, black ministers started to organize their own networks on the Underground Railroad to challenge the beliefs of the white churches and to show them that a truly religious person was patient and able to accept the will of the Lord. The Underground Railroad had a major impact on American history and was essential to the downfall of slavery.

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