What was the last stop on the Underground Railroad?

The four escape routes, starting from Camden, Salem, Greenwich and Trenton, converged at areas like Bordentown and Burlington and led to Jersey City, making the city “the last stop” on the Underground Railroad. Many of the them continued on to New York or Canada.



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Other fugitives settled in southern towns and cities, often with forged free papers. The majority of slaves attempting to escape from the South went to the North and many continued to Canada. Some runaways returned to their masters and others were caught by bloodhounds and slave patrols, accidents and informants.

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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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