Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was (English for subway ) from opponents of slavery - granted existing informal network, the slaves on the run from the southern United States to the north, for example, to the safer Canada, support - even whites. With secret routes, safe houses, smugglers and secret communication succeeded to liberate 1810-1850 about 100,000 slaves. The Underground Railroad was founded in 1780 lasted until 1862.
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After the slaves had learned, for example by means of vocal messages time and place of escape, they were of escape agents, posing as slaves, brought from the site of the slave owner. They found at various stations of the Underground Railroad, such as train stations or old barns, protection. After the refugees out of the reach of the former owner or the bounty hunters were, they were newly clothed with the help of donations, so they are not attracted attention later in the trains and ships.
One of the most famous and important members of the Underground Railroad was Harriet Tubman. At 29, she fled himself from slavery and returned then come back 19 times to help others escape. She used the code name "Moses" and was one of the few who took the risk to be discovered in coming. You should have been born 1815-1825 and died on 10 March 1913., You worked closely with, among others, the Quaker Thomas Garrett together.