Underground Railroad

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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 certain location. ...

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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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