The Underground Railroad was a large network of people, they helped the fugitive slaves escape to the North and Canada. It was not run by one person or one organization, when actually it consisted of many individuals who had limited knowledge of the whole operation. The idea began near the end of the eighteenth century when George Washington complained one of his slaves escaped by the help of “a society of Quakers, formed for such purposes.” Around 1831 it was dubbed the Underground Railroad for the then emerging steam engines. Everything had a specific name. Homes and businesses where fugitives rested and ate were called “stations” and “depots”, those were run by “stationmasters”, contributors (or helpers) were called “stockholders”, and
