What Was the Underground Railroad

question 84

Multiple Choice

What was the Underground Railroad?

• A) It used a system of railways to transport slaves.
• B) It was a loose organization of sympathetic abolitionists.
• C) It used a single, centralized system with tunnels for slaves.
• D) It employed encrypted codes and clearly defined routes and stations.
• E) It helped 100,000 slaves to escape.

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