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Tubman was a very famous conductor of the Underground Railroad and she was able to led many slaves to freedom in the North.

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Coffin was a Quaker and and abolitionist. With the help of his wife they helped over 1,500 slaves escape to freedom in the North.

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The Underground Railroad is a system of safehouses (stations) and secret routes to help slaves escape to freedom in the North or Canada. Slaves traveling the railroad were helped by conductors (leaders) and abolitionists

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The movement took place all across the country. The Railroad started in the south and then traveled north while passing through many states. Thus, the railroad is significant because it didn't take place in one singular place

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Various issues such as the compromise of 1850 and the Dred Scott Decision (1857) led slaves to try to escape via the underground railroad.Thus the 1850s and the 1860s were the height of the movement.

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The railroad occurred because of the mistreatment of African Americans. These Americans were looking for a way to escape the life they were currently living and create a new path free of servitude for themselves

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“Underground Railroad.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 14 May 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Railroad#Notable_people.