30 Day Project 11-9-12

Today I learned about slaves trying to escape from slavery and become free men and women. The main passage for them was called the "Underground Railroad". One women Harriet Tubman otherwise known as "Black Moses", she helped over 300 slaves become free men in Canada and Northern North America. Over time over 1000 slaves were being freed per year. The slaves were helped along the way by white and black slavery abolitionists. The most famous of these was William Lloyd Garrison, who is from Newburyport. Slavery is a terrible thing and it is amazing how some slaves were able to escape it.