Role Of The Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad was a systematized secret organization that gave freedom to many slaves during slavery, it helped slaves escape the northern states. The United States was a country divided. Slavery was a main event in American history. Philadelphia was the first place in the United States to produce the human synergy that made the Underground railroad an abolitionism work. The Quakers were the first organized group in the United States to collectively oppose Slavery which led to a free black population and successfully made the Underground railroad successful. The Quakers protested Slavery playing a active, moral and supportive role displaying a positive image.
Slaves would escape to free states or Canada to get away from the abuse

The conductors would risk getting hung trying to transport slaves. People who were involved in the Underground railroad were church leaders, abolitionist, and philanthropists. Many would see the brutality that the slaves would endure and were eager to help in any way possible. If slaves were to get caught, they would risk being jailed, branded, sold back into slavery or in many cases killed. Many slaves had to worry about getting captured and killed by slave masters, but also had to avoid animals that were wild on the loose and ready to kill and eat. Slave owners would post reward posters offering money for the capture of their property. The Underground railroads name came from being a secret and being able to transport slaves out of

Douglass started a movement, he was able to escape and also help others serving as an conductor for one of the last stops on the Underground Railroad before slaves were able to gain freedom in Canada. Douglass published an abolitionist newspaper called The North Star. Douglass traveled throughout the North exhibiting and speaking on the brutality, segregation, and discrimination. Douglass raised enough money to buy his freedom after being captured, afraid he would be returned back to his slave