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title: "In the 1850s, why did many runaway slaves go to Canada?"  
description: "In the 1850s, why did many runaway slaves go to Canada?"  
author: "Peterson arnold"  
published: 2018-05-14  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42395/in-the-1850s-why-did-many-runaway-slaves-go-to-canada  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# In the 1850s, why did many runaway slaves go to Canada?

In the 1850s, why did many [runaway slaves](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51332/why-did-runaway-slaves-go-to-canada) go to [Canada](https://www.mindstick.com/news/4155/new-immigration-rules-may-force-millions-to-leave-canada)?


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