THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD BEGINS

1770

"Rice Plantation." American History, ABC-CLIO, 2021, americanhistory.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/289563.

The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses in the United States. Both Black and White folks worked together to provide safe passage for the courageous people fleeing the harsh conditions of slavery.

See how abolitionists such as Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, and Thomas Garrett helped slaves escape

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UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

From the National Parks Service