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Hidden Forms of Communication in the Underground Railroad
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Hidden Forms of Communication in the Underground Railroad
Quilts
- Used different patches to communicate different messages
- Safe houses would hang quilts in windows to signify that it was a safe house
- Information was passed through by speech and memory, no writing
Underground Railroad
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- A system to help slaves get North or South to Freedom
- Made up of secret routes and safe houses
- Help from abolitionists and freed slaves
- Estimate by 1850 over 100,000 slaves escaped using the UR
Route
There wasn't a distinct route but many different ones so as to evade slave catchers. Route started once they reached the North not the South.
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