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What was the Underground Railroad? A. A network of abolitionists and safe houses arranged to help slaves escape to free territories B. A subway built with the purpose of helping city workers travel C. The route taken by slave traders after the abolition of slavery in the early 1820s D. A series of slave catchers and Southern sympathizers working to return escaped slaves

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A. A network of abolitionists and safe houses arranged to help slaves escape to free territories.

The Underground Railroad was not an actual railroad, but a network of secret routes and safe houses used by slaves to escape to free states and Canada.

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The answer is A. A network of abolitionist and safe house arranged to help slaves exscape to free territories
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