The+Struggle+for+Freedom

A summary of the Struggle for Freedom

The struggle for freedom was the fierce battle of the African slaves fleeing from their American owners. The slaves were becoming rebellious and were tired of being forced into slavery. They would run away usually to Canada along a passageway called the Underground Railroad. Many people think that the Underground Railroad is actually underground in a railroad but it is not. The Underground Railroad was being helped by Quakers and people against slavery. The slaves would go from safe house to safe house trying to get up to the northern states and Canada. Sometimes freed slaves will come back to try and get other slaves to runaway and become free. The safe houses were run by Quakers usually and were not safe sometimes because of the slave hunters and bounty hunters. There were plenty of people trying to find the slaves so the Underground Railroad had to be very secretive. There were bounty hunters trying to capture these slaves so they could get a lot of money. If the runaways were caught they were either killed or brutally punished. Most of the slaves wouldn’t run away because of the fear of being tortured or killed if they got caught.