The underground railroad was an escape route for runaway slaves. It got its name because of its actives that were carried out in secret using darkness or disguise. It was helpful because it helped thousands of slaves escape bondage. An estimate of one hundred thousand slaves escaped bondage in the south between 1810 and 1850.. The leading slaves were Harriet Tubman and Willam Still . “When Northern towns rallied around freed slaves and refused compensation, yet another brick was set into the foundation of southern secession .Tubman is sometimes referred to as the Moses of her people because of the way she led them out of slavery”(http://www.ushistory.org/us/28c.asp) The underground railroad was the most effective escape
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There were two major slaves that led the underground railroad. Harriet Tubman and William Still.” Harriet Tubman escaped slavery to become a leading abolitionist. She led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the route of the Underground Railroad. She led hundreds to freedom in the North as the most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad.Harriet Tubman remained active during the Civil War. Working for the Union Army as a cook and nurse, Tubman quickly became an armed scout and spy. The first woman to lead an armed expedition in the war, she guided the Combahee River Raid, which liberated more than 700 slaves in South Carolina. (http://www.biography.com/people/harriet-tubman-9511430). She was born in Maryland 1820 and escaped in slavery in 1849”.William Still Although his birth date is given on October 7, 1821, Still provided the date of November 1819 on the 1900 census In 1844, Still relocated in Philadelphia where he worked as a clerk for the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society. While working for the Society, Still became an active member of the organization and served as chairman of a committee to help runaways once they reached Philadelphia. From 1844 to 1865, Still assisted at least sixty enslaved African-Americans escape bondage every month. As a result, Still became known as the "Father of the Underground
There were two major slaves that led the underground railroad. Harriet Tubman and William Still.” Harriet Tubman escaped slavery to become a leading abolitionist. She led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the route of the Underground Railroad. She led hundreds to freedom in the North as the most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad.Harriet Tubman remained active during the Civil War. Working for the Union Army as a cook and nurse, Tubman quickly became an armed scout and spy. The first woman to lead an armed expedition in the war, she guided the Combahee River Raid, which liberated more than 700 slaves in South Carolina. (http://www.biography.com/people/harriet-tubman-9511430). She was born in Maryland 1820 and escaped in slavery in 1849”.William Still Although his birth date is given on October 7, 1821, Still provided the date of November 1819 on the 1900 census In 1844, Still relocated in Philadelphia where he worked as a clerk for the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society. While working for the Society, Still became an active member of the organization and served as chairman of a committee to help runaways once they reached Philadelphia. From 1844 to 1865, Still assisted at least sixty enslaved African-Americans escape bondage every month. As a result, Still became known as the "Father of the Underground