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Roughly how many slaves escaped to
freedom?
about 1000 per year
about 100 per year

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1000 per year

At its peak, nearly 1,000 enslaved people per year escaped from slave-holding states using the Underground Railroad – more than 5,000 court cases for escaped enslaved were recorded
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