Narrator 1: You may think the Underground Railroad is a train that goes underground. However, during the time slaves were trying to get their freedom it refers to the effort by many people to help slaves escape. The effort to free slaves started from 1820 and ran through1865 until the civil war ended. As slavery continued to be legal in the United States people organizing and running underground railroads increased. This showed that people in the United …showed first 75 words of 555 total…

…showed last 75 words of 555 total…the fence. All three of them got out of the slave plantation without being noticed. However, all three of the slaves suffered some slight cuts on their legs when they jumped the fence. The three slaves then began running to an old oak tree that was about 6 miles away from the plantation. Slave 1: Hey guys there is the tree and there is Sam waiting with a fresh set of clothes for all three of us.