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The Underground Railroad
Despite the name, the Underground Railroad was not really a railroad. The Underground Railroad refers to the attempt to assist people held in bondage in the south of North America to escape from slavery. It was not a fluke that this organization was called the Underground Railroad. Steam railroads had just materialized and the terms used to describe the people who helped and the fugitives were related to the railroad. Fugitive slaves were called "parcels" and "passengers", the helpers were the "conductors", the people who provided their homes as refuge were called "stationmasters," and the homes were referred to as "depots" or "stations".
The elimination of slavery had been a concern for anti-slavery advocates since the start of slavery. The first abolitionist society was organized in 1775, in Pennsylvania. From then on abolitionists actively tried to free slaves and notify the public about the evil of slavery. Eventually, individual......

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