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African Americans and the Road during Slavery

The one road that was available for African Americans during the time of slavery was the Underground Railroad. This was incredibly important for African Americans, because it was the only road solely used for escaping slaves and for those who helped them. There were no "roads" to take like there were for white people of the time. While free whites could take the train to travel and go places to fulfill their dreams, escaping slaves only had that informal network of safehouses and places of refuge, and the route in between those places was extremely dangerous.