Underground Railroad | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-03

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Underground Railroad


00:01:36 1 Political background
00:03:35 2 Structure
00:05:01 3 Route
00:06:28 3.1 Traveling conditions
00:09:45 3.2 Terminology
00:11:43 3.3 National Underground Railroad Network
00:12:31 4 Folklore
00:14:52 5 Legal and political
00:15:27 6 Criticism
00:16:11 7 Arrival in Canada
00:19:09 8 Notable people
00:19:18 9 Related events
00:19:28 10 Inspirations for fiction
00:20:14 11 Contemporary literature
00:20:52 12 See also



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The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-19th century, and used by African-American slaves to escape into free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists and allies who were sympathetic to their cause. The term is also applied to the abolitionists, both black and white, free and enslaved, who aided the fugitives. Various other routes led to Mexico or overseas. An earlier escape route running south toward Florida, then a Spanish possession (except 1763–83), existed from the late 17th century until Florida became a part of United States territory in 1821 (ending the safe haven for escaped slaves was the main reason Florida changed nationality). However, the network now generally known as the Underground Railroad was formed in the late 1700s, and it ran north to the free states and Canada, and reached its height between 1850 and 1860. One estimate suggests that by 1850, 100,000 slaves had escaped via the "Railroad".British North America (present-day Canada), where slavery was prohibited, was a popular destination, as its long border gave many points of access. Most former slaves settled in Ontario. More than 30,000 people were said to have escaped there via the network during its 20-year peak period, although U.S. Census figures account for only 6,000. Numerous fugitives' stories are documented in the 1872 book The Underground Railroad Records by William Still, an abolitionist who then headed the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee.