TPS rohan Alexander
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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