What was the Underground Railroad?
A) a train line that many white Southerners used when hunting for escaped slaves
B) a formal network that helped return fugitive slaves to their masters
C) an organization that helped fugitive slaves escape to Mexico
D) an informal network of people that helped return fugitive slaves to their masters
E) an informal network that helped fugitive slaves make their way to the North

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The Underground Railroad was an informal network of people who helped fugitive slaves make their way from the South to the North, often through a system of safe houses and secret routes. It was not a physical train line or a formal organization that helped return fugitive slaves to their masters.

What Was the Underground Railroad