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List of Underground Railroad sites

The list of Underground Railroad sites includes places where abolitionists helped former slaves by offering shelter, assistance, and safe travel routes in 19th century North America before and during the American Civil War. It also includes locations connected to people who worked to help all Americans gain their freedom in the movement to end slavery in the United States. The list of officially confirmed Underground Railroad and Network to Freedom sites is organized by state or province and then by specific location.

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Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad was a secret network of hidden paths and safe places that helped enslaved people escape from the Southern United States to free states in the North and to Eastern Canada during the time when slavery was legal. Some enslaved people tried to run away as early as the 16th century, but many did not get help. A more organized system of safe houses, called the Underground Railroad, began forming in the 1780s among groups in the North who wanted to end slavery.

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Flat Rock Tunnel

The Flat Rock Tunnel is an active railroad tunnel that is part of Norfolk Southern’s Harrisburg Line near Manayunk, Pennsylvania, United States. The tunnel was built by the Reading Railroad as part of its railroad line along the Schuylkill River. Construction of the tunnel began in 1836, and it opened in 1840.

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Wyandotte Terminal Railroad

The Wyandotte Terminal Railroad was officially created in the state of Michigan, United States of America, on September 14, 1904. It ended its operations as a railroad in 1982.

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List of Underground Railroad sites

The list of Underground Railroad sites includes safe places, help, and transportation for former enslaved people in 19th century North America before and during the American Civil War. It also includes places connected to people who worked to help all Americans gain their freedom in the movement to end slavery in the United States. The list of officially confirmed Underground Railroad and Network to Freedom sites is organized by state or province and location.

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Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Street Railway

The Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Street Railway, also called the Ypsi-Ann, was a railroad that connected cities in southeastern Michigan. It was the first railroad of its kind in the state.

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Erastus Hussey

Erastus Hussey (1800–1889) was an important abolitionist, a stationmaster on the Underground Railroad, and one of the people who helped start the Republican Party. He worked as a farmer, teacher, businessman, legislator, and editor to support his family.

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Kalamazoo station (Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad)

The Kalamazoo station is one of five old train stations in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The first station was built on the site in 1870 by the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad. A fire damaged the building in 1874, and the current structure was built to replace it.

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List of Underground Railroad sites

The list of Underground Railroad sites includes places where people who opposed slavery provided safety, help, and transportation for individuals who had escaped slavery in 19th century North America before and during the American Civil War. It also includes places connected to people who worked to help all Americans gain freedom in the effort to end slavery in the United States. The list of officially confirmed Underground Railroad and Network to Freedom sites is organized by state or province and then by location.

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Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad was a system of secret paths and safe places that helped enslaved people escape to free states in the North and to Canada during the time when slavery was legal in the United States. Some enslaved people tried to escape on their own as early as the 16th century. However, a network of safe houses, known as the Underground Railroad, began to form in the 1780s when groups in the North who opposed slavery started organizing help.

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