Not A Normal House Anymore

After the discovery that has connections with the history of Underground Railroad, Alexandra beliefs about the house of being something special changed her life forever. Today, she is a proud owner of a house that not only holds some childhood memories but a special place in the book of American History. Just imagine that proud moment when Alexandra took the first step into her house after she discovered that the basement of her house was used in the struggle of African-American people. We have provided you with the video of the discovery at the end of the video.

 Underground Railroad- A Black History

If you live in Pennsylvania then you should know that historic sites from the underground railroad are spread out all over the state. Underground railroad is an essential piece of the horrific history of African Americans. There were some group of people(Quakers) who empathized with slaves and their condition and risked their own lives to save them from slavery.
Historian has no idea when this underground railroad came into existence, but it operated during the late 18th century.

Who Were Quakers?

Quakers became a religion followed by the people who believed in equal rights of men and women. George Fox was the founder of the Quaker Movement. Issac T. Hopper, a Quaker abolitionist from Philadelphia started an underground railroad network which helped slaves who were on the run and In North Carolina, Quakers laid the similar groundwork to provide routes and shelters for the slaves who were on the run.
In 1786, George Washington complained that Quakers has tried to free one of his slaves.

In 1831, slave Tice Davids successfully escaped from Kentucky into Ohio and his owner made the report explaining how a Quaker helped his slave to get free from one of the underground railroad network.
In 1839, a Washington newspaper reported about a slave named Jim who tried running through an underground railroad network to Boston and he told about everything about the secret routes while he was being tortured. In New York and Philadelphia, Vigilance Committees was created and by 1840s, they expanded their activities in almost every part of America. This committee guided the slaves on the run.

People who guided the slaves in the underground railroad were known as conductors and after reaching their hiding places which included private homes, churches and schoolhouses. They were also called stations, safe houses, and depots. The people who were in charge of them were called Stationmasters.
The underground railroad network was stretched through Ohio To Indiana and Iowa. Some were stretched through Pennsylvania To New England.

This act was passed in 1793, by this act the local government had all the right to apprehend and extradite escaped slaves back to their point of origin and punish those who helped them in escaping. This act was so harsh in northern states that slaves on run from southern states always made sure that they don’t lend in northern states by chance.
For slaves, Canada was just heaven where they were allowed to live wherever they wanted, allowed them to sit in juries, allowed admission in public offices and more.