UnderGround Railroad
The Underground Railroad wasn't actually a railroad underneath. It was a way to get the black people to Canada for freedom. It was a secret routes and safe house that helped the people to reach Canada. The railroad stated in the 1780s but got the name Underground Railroad in the 1830s. The people that helped people move from place to place were called conductors and the refuges were called passengers or Congo. The safe places where the rested were called stations. The conductors were people that did not believed in slavery and that wanted to stop it. Every rest area had a secret code like Detroit was known as Midnight, Detroit River was called Jordan and the journey was called Dawn. Most refugees would arrive all over Canada but mostly would arrive in the southwestern Ontario like Windsor, Fort Erie, Chatham and Owen Sound. It was impossible to find out how many slaves find freedom, but the have estimated that around 30 000 found freedom. The Underground Railroad was a very dangerous because if the slave catchers found the slave they would get serious punishment. With that the Conductor would also get serious punishment too. Some of the conductors that helped that helped with railroad became famous like Harriet Tubman, Mary Ann Shadd and Josiah Henson.