Underground Railroad?

Question

What was the underground railroad? I need to know a good site that tells a lot of true imformation about the underground railroad. I have looked on google but can't seem to find what I'm looking for. Thnx in advance

Answer 1

Basically, the underground railroad was a system of "safe houses" that helped to guide the slaves to the north before and durring the Civil War. You can find more information at:
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/underground/
http://www.nps.gov/undergroundrr/
http://www.undergroundrr.com/
http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/undergroundrailroad/a/undergroundrr.htm

Here is a game you can play about the underground railroad:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/

Also try searching Harriet Tubman. She is one of the people most commonly associated with the Underground Railroad.

Answer 2

The Underground Railroad was neither "underground" nor a "railroad," but was a loose network of aid and assistance to fugitives from bondage. Perhaps as many as one hundred thousand enslaved persons may have escaped in the years between the american Revolution and the Civil War.

The Underground Railroad, a vast network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape to the North and to Canada, was not run by any single organization or person. Rather, it consisted of many individuals -- many whites but predominently black -- who knew only of the local efforts to aid fugitives and not of the overall operation. Still, it effectively moved hundreds of slaves northward each year -- according to one estimate, the South lost 100,000 slaves between 1810 and 1850.

Answer 3

The underground railroad was an organization that helped move escaped slaves from southern states that still used slavery to northern states that had forsaken slavery and on to Canada. It consisted of individuals sympathetic to the cause of freeing slaves, safe houses, transportation and refuge, as well as actual underground tunnels.

Answer 4

Maybe you could try this website. Good luck!!!!