Slavery And The Underground Railroad

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and living a life where they were not told how to
live. Others ran due to fear of being separted or sold from friends and
family. Then there were some who were treated so cruely, that it forced
them to run just to stay alive. Since coming to America as slaves even
back as far back as when the first colonies began, slaves wanted to escape.
They wanted to get away from the situation they were forced into. Those
who were free were the "whites" who were somewhat separated in values. The
North, was a more industrialized area where jobs were filled by newly
imported immigrants, making them less dependent on slave labor. The South,
however had rich fertile land mostly used for farming. Huge plantations
were cleared and needed to be worked. The people of the area tended to be
more genteal, and seemed not quite adjusted to hard work, but more of
giving orders. The idea of telling people how to do their work just seemed
to fit all too well into this scenario.

The railroad didn't have a ...

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in helpin gslaves to freedom.

The "Railroad" beggan to take shape. A shape that is to this day
very hard to describe. Traks were laid to aide the slaves to freedom.
People talked in secrecy to make safe paths for the slaves to run on.
These were the tracks. Letters were sent that had terminology or code for
the balcks. A lot of the terms come from things found along railroads.
This is because real railroads at this time were the newest thing and
happened to be the topic of choice for conversation. This made it all the
easier for the helpers of the railroad to communicate going unoticed.
Along the tracks, there were depots, safe houses to stay. These were
houses of free whites ...

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