The+Underground+Railroad

The Underground Railroad One of the Reasons so many African Americans could escape from the south was the Underground Railroad. abolitionists helped thousands of enslaved persons flee from the north. there was Conductors transported runaways in secret. they gave them shelter and food along the way, Freedom in the Northern states or Canada. the most famous Conductor's was Harriet Tubman, she's a runaway too. an author named Harriet Beecher Stowe resided. she heard later about victims of the Fugitive Slave Law and it inspired her to write something that would make the whole nation feel what an accursed thing slavery is. Her book Uncle Tom's Cabin, was published in 1852.