Question

A network of escape routes for runaway slaves was called the: Underground Railroad Atlantic Triangle Nat Turner revolt northern route

Answer 1

The Underground Railroad

Answer 2

A network of escape routes for runaway slaves was called the underground railroad. Option A is correct.

The Underground Railroad constituted a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-19th century, which African-American slaves used in seeking to escape into free states, Canada and Nova Scotia with the aid of abolitionists as well as allies who sympathized to their cause.