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TRAVELLING THE
UNDERGROUND
RAILROAD
he Underground Railroad was not a real railroad and
Twasn’t underground. It was a secret network of routes
and safe houses formed by abolitionists from Philadelphia,
a city in the United States. Escaped enslaved people
followed the routes south to Mexico and north to the free
American states and Canada.
The term Underground Railroad was first used in the Underground Railroad was first used in the Underground Railroad
early 1830s. There are several stories about how it got
its name. Some historians believe it was called a railroad
Slaveholders and bounty hunters would often try to hunt down
people looking for freedom, making escaping very dangerous.
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