Because they believed that slavery was immoral, and by providing shelter and aiding fleeing slaves, they were doing the right thing.
the underground railroad was started by a black woman abolishionist named harriet tubman who would provide direction encouragement via connecting those fleeing to a network of other like mined individuals who would also assist.
No, he never actually went to retrieve slaves and lead them to the North. However, he did provide money, shoes, and a place for them to stay. He coordinated much of the railroad as well.
Answer The term was used to describe the underground network of safe houses used to transport slaves out of the Southern slave-states to the free-states of the North during the Civil War period.
The underground railroad was neither a railroad nor was it underground. It used terminology from the railroad. A house where runaway slaves were welcome was called a "station." Sometimes word spread among slaves where to find a station. In the novel, Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, the runaway slave, Jim, knew of one such place in Cairo, Illinois. A slave might need to travel from one slave cabin to another slave cabin for a few days until he could find a station. At a station, he or she would find a conductor. The conductor would provide safe passage to the next station. That passage might be in a wagon underneath a load of hay. Or, they might be hidden in some other way. At the next station, they would be fed and there they would sleep and perhaps spend a day or two until another conductor took them to the next station. That continued until they reached their destination.
This purchase was made to obtain a strip on land over which to build a trans-continental railroad to connect the rest of the US with California.
the Quakers would provide transportation for the slave to ride in until they got to cannada
it was to help free the slaves from there masters
Quakers, Congregationalists, and Methodists were some of the religious groups that played a significant role in organizing and supporting the Underground Railroad. They believed in the abolition of slavery and helped provide resources, safe houses, and guidance to escaped slaves on their journey to freedom.
the underground railroad was started by a black woman abolishionist named harriet tubman who would provide direction encouragement via connecting those fleeing to a network of other like mined individuals who would also assist.
No, he never actually went to retrieve slaves and lead them to the North. However, he did provide money, shoes, and a place for them to stay. He coordinated much of the railroad as well.
Answer The term was used to describe the underground network of safe houses used to transport slaves out of the Southern slave-states to the free-states of the North during the Civil War period.
The "underground railroad" was neither a railroad, nor was it underground. In the same sense of the French Underground in World War II, the Underground Railroad was a secret group, composed of anti-slavery sympathizers in the North and South before the US Civil War. The group helped escaped slaves to reach freedom and safety, usually in non-slavery states of the North. At that time, slave owners would often pursue slaves who fled North, and the "railroad" frequently provided new identities to protect slaves from organized slave hunters. Beginning in the areas where the slaves escaped, farmers or townspeople would provide food, new clothing, and hiding places for the slaves. Then , usually at night, they would be moved to safe locations farther north, or to ships on the coast. So it commonly took several days to weeks for slaves to complete their journey. Once in the North, they would be provided homes, jobs, and often new names.
Because it was established as a Colony to provide a refuge for European Quakers.
To make money, & to provide the Quakers a haven in American colonys.
To provide a safe haven for European Quakers.
from the government
ur mother rides the railroad