Many Africans resisted and ran away from their masters from the earliest days of colonial settlement. The Africans were forcibly brought to the colonies to labor as slaves. Slave labor was a foundation of American society and culture.
Slavery was gradually outlawed in the years following the American Revolution in the northern states. However, in the southern states, where agricultural interests dominated the economy, slavery continued and expanded.
The enslaved people resisted their bondage and committed acts of defiance, refused to work, sabotaged, poisoned, committed arsons and violence against those who had them in bondage. Some attempted to run from their bondage. It was illegal for slaves to run from their masters and those who did became known as fugitives from the law.
By the late 1700s, communities, individuals, and small groups of like-minded people committed themselves to help end slavery. The name Underground Railroad first appeared in the early 1830s with the arrival of rail transportation. However, the secret networks to freedom had long been in operation.
Those who participated in the illegal secret networks to freedom were called...
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