Did you know there was an Underground Railroad on Delmarva (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia). If not, you're about to know about it. This is a fun thing to learn about. The Underground Railroad is a good topic to talk about if you're into older history. The Underground Railroad is a very important topic in history. During the era of slavery, the Underground Railroad was a network of routes, places, and people that helped enslaved people in the American South escape to the North. It was not an actual Railroad but it did the same thing: it took people long distances to be free. There were stations and over 100,000 enslaved people got set free. Every 10-20 Miles there was a stop or station. There were also lanterns at every stop so they knew it was a safe stop. Eric Foner dug deep into the history of the Railroad and found that though a large network …show more content…
It was pretty long considering we are a pretty small state. The Underground Railroad in Delaware was officially measured 165 years later as 142 miles long. The same Railroad Samuel D. Burris guided the slaves on. My next topic I will be talking about will be the Underground Railroad in Maryland. Let’s see who guided slaves along the Underground Railroad in Maryland. Harriet Tubman, born in Maryland, guided slaves along the Underground Railroad on the eastern shore in Maryland to be free. This was cool because the famous Harriet Tubman was born in Maryland and guided them along where she was born. Another person that helped guide slaves along the Underground Railroad was Fredrick Douglass, an African American who was an abolitionist. Tubman and Douglass fought for freedom to set slaves free. My next fact about the Underground Railroad in Maryland Is how long it was. It is a bit bigger than Delaware’s Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad on Maryland was nearly 200 miles long which was a few miles longer than Delaware's Underground