alleryStart learning →In Ohio alone, roughly how many fugitive slaves is the Underground Railroad estimated to have helped between 1830 and 1860?
A4,000
B12,000
C40,000
D100,000
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. 40,000
1. The Underground Railroad was an elaborate network of secret escape routes established in the 1830s.
2. Its most successful operation ran through the old Northwest Territory.
3. In Ohio alone, an estimated 40,000 fugitive slaves were helped to freedom between 1830 and 1860.
_Source: "An Outline of American History" (USIA, 1990, public domain), Ch 5 "Sectional Conflict"_
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