| The Underground Railroad provided fugitive slaves a means to escape from the South. Antislavery Northerners helped by providing safe havens from slave catchers who roamed the Northern and border states searching for escapees. Most of the fugitives fled to Canada and so cities near the border like Rochester, New York, where Frederick Douglass had a station, were logical stops. The actual number of slaves assisted during the nearly 80 years that the network existed was not overwhelming, but the publicity generated served to fuel mistrust between the North and the South. |
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