Question

An estimated 50,000 slaves escaped as a direct impact of: ______

Lax laws relating to slave ownership

Mismanagement of the transportion of slaves

The Underground Railroad

Human rights campaigns in the South.

Answer 1

An estimated 50,000 slaves escaped as a direct impact of The Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was a network of hiding places and secret routes that enabled African-American slaves to escape. It led them to either Canada or a free state. This network was not literally an "underground railroad" but a resistance that was hidden from public knowledge.