1. Slaves in the mid-1800s
• To African Americans
enslaved in the South
during the early 19th
Century, the flight to
freedom was long and
dangerous. Runaway
slaves could expect harsh
treatment if they were
caught, and a bounty was
paid for their return.

2. • Those who escaped relied
upon sympathetic strangers
to give them food and shelter
along their perilous trek. They
followed a route that had no
maps, directed from one safe
haven to another along the
Underground Railroad.
Runaway slaves escaped in all
directions, some to Mexico,
some to Cuba, but most came
north towards Canada.
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