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Ms.Aulder 02-13-07

Social Studies 802

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD


Slavery is the social status of specific persons, known as slaves, who have been stripped of individual rights, and

are property of another person or household. Slaves are people who are held against their will since their capture, their

purchase, or their birth, and are deprived of their individual freedom for the purpose of exploitation of their labor and in

some case their sexual abuse. The underground railway wasn't an actual railway with tracks. It is term that stands for a

network of people who worked, often illegally, for the freedom of slaves in the United States. The underground railroad

grew up during the 1800s. Free slaves, both those who escaped and those who were set free, joined together to help

other slaves escape. It was a dangerous and illegal action, but it offered ope to those who had no other way of escpae.

Slaves were transported......

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