states and capture slaves thathad ran away. Any United States Marshall who refused to return a slave,would have to pay a thousand dollars. escaping slaves started to go toCanada. In 1860 the free states were California, Connecticut, Illinois,Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, NewJersy, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, andWisconsin. The slave states were Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida,Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, NorthCarolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and virginia. The slaves were aided by thousands of conductors. with the help of 3,000conductors over 100,000 slaves escaped to freedom. harriet Tubman was thebest single conductor in the history of the underground railroad. She gotthe nickname "Moses" for leading so many slaves to freedom. She returnednineteen times to the wouth and helped over 300 slaves to freedom. herUnderground railroad stations extended, for the most part, from Marylandthrough New Yourk, Albany, Troy, and Schenectady into Canada. She workedreally hard on planning everything out just right. In the summer time whenslaves excpaed, the wouldn't have to worry about the cold, the trees weregreen, and there were lots of berries and small animals to eat. In thewinter tiem when slaves escaped the rivers were frozen so they could crossthem by walking on the ice, and there were less slave hunters, and masterswere at Christmas parites. When slaves started their trip to freedom with Harriet, they could not goback. When slaves were to scared to go on, Harriet would point a gun totheir head and make them go. She didn't want them to go back, get caught,and tell on her. Harriet Tubman never lost one slave. There was a huge reward out for Harriet Tubman. Southern plantes offered$40,000 for her capture. No one ever caught her. She would dress indisguise, so no onewould no it was her. She would d...
