Was the Underground Railroad actually tunnels?

Contrary to popular belief, the Underground Railroad was not a series of underground tunnels! While some people did have secret rooms in their houses or carriages, the vast majority of the Underground Railroad was people, like Harriet Tubman, secretly helping enslaved people seeking freedom however they could.



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The Underground Railroad was secret. Nothing was written down about where to go or who would help. So once enslaved people decided to make the journey to freedom, they had to listen for tips from other enslaved people, who might have heard tips from other enslaved people.

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First off, let's talk percentages - if the numbers in the question are correct, we're talking 1000004000000=2.5% of all slaves escaped - which is an incredible percentage. This wasn't just a few people - this is a significant percentage of people held as slaves that managed to escape.

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Peterson of Brigham Young University, Korea has the longest unbroken chain of slavery of any society in history (spanning about 1,500 years), which he attributes to a long history of peaceful transitions and stable societies in Korea.

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