trouble don�t last and The Underground Railroad

There were many people, primarily African Americans, who lived under the deplorable slavery system in the United States. Many people were born and died in slavery. All slaves dreamed of freedom.

The Underground Railroad was a series of escape routes for slaves seeking freedom from about 1800 to1860. It was NOT a railroad and it was NOT underground.                                                

The Underground Railroad was also a network of people who worked secretly to help slaves escape to freedom in the northern United States and Canada.                                                             

The runaway slaves faced many hardships and risked getting caught by "patrollers" who were always looking for them to return them to their owners.                                                                   

There is not much information available about The Underground Railroad because very little was written down. Let's go exploring to try to learn more!