What was the Underground Railroad?

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During the early to the nineteenth century, the United States created a number of hidden passageways and special havens known as the Underground Railroad. Treated like slaves African Americans largely utilized it to flee to the independent states. The network was assisted by suffragists and others who supported the escaped slaves' goal.



What was the Underground Railroad?


The 'Underground Railroad' refers to oppressed people who attempted to flee as well as those who assisted them. Alternative channels ran to Mexico, which had prohibited slavery, as well as to Caribbean islands which were not involved in the institution of slavery. From the late 17th century until around 1790, there was an older exit strategy heading south to Florida, which was a Spanish dominion (until 1763–83). Instead, the Underground Railroad system, as it is currently known, originated in the late 1800s. It spread gradually north until President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the Emancipation Proclamation. According to one estimation, 100,000 imprisoned persons had fled using the system by 1850.