What is the underground rail road?
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Underground Railroad, in U.S. history, loosely organized system for helping fugitive slaves escape to Canada or to areas of safety in free states. It was run by local groups of Northern abolitionists, both white and free blacks. The metaphor first appeared in print in the early 1840s, and other railroad terminology was soon added. The escaping slaves were called passengers; the homes where they were sheltered, stations; and those who guided them, conductors. This nomenclature, along with the numerous, somewhat glorified, personal reminiscences written by conductors in the postwar period, created the impression that the Underground Railroad was a highly systematized, national, secret organization that accomplished prodigious feats in stealing slaves away from the South. In fact, most of the help given to fugitive slaves on their varied routes north was spontaneously offered and came not only from abolitionists or self-styled members of the Underground Railroad, but from anyone moved to sympathy by the plight of the runaway slave before his eyes. The major part played by free blacks, of both North and South, and by slaves on plantations along the way in helping fugitives escape to freedom was underestimated in nearly all early accounts of the railroad. Moreover, the resourcefulness and daring of the fleeing slaves themselves, who were usually helped only after the most dangerous part of their journey (i.e., the Southern part) was over, were probably more important factors in the success of their escape than many conductors readily admitted. In some localities, like Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Wilmington, Del., and Newport, Ind. (site of the activities of Levi Coffin), energetic organizers did manage to loosely systematize the work; Quakers were particularly prominent as conductors, and among the free blacks the exploits of Harriet Tubman stand out. In all cases, however, it is extremely difficult to separate fact from legend, especially since relatively few enslaved blacks, probably no more than a few thousand a year between 1840 and 1860, escaped successfully. Far from being kept secret, details of escapes on the Underground Railroad were highly publicized and exaggerated in both the North and the South, although for different reasons. The abolitionists used the Underground Railroad as a propaganda device to dramatize the evils of slavery; Southern slaveholders publicized it to illustrate Northern infidelity to the fugitive slave laws. The effect of this publicity, with its repeated tellings and exaggerations of slave escapes, was to create an Underground Railroad legend that correctly represented a humanitarian ideal of the pre–Civil War period, but that strayed far from reality. The pioneer study is W. H. Siebert, The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom (1898, repr. 1968); for an extensively revised account, see Larry Gara, The Liberty Line (1961).
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underground railroad& abolitionists
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Sounds like it might be Roadway.
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UNDERGROUND ATL IS SO GREAT YOU WONT WANT TO GO ANYWHERE ELSE
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Watling Street \n\nWatling Street is the name given to an ancient trackway in England and Wales that was first used by the Celts mainly between the modern cities of Canterbury and St Albans. The Romans later paved the route.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watling_Street
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had to kick the ball underground.
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Underground Atlanta History\n\n1836 - 1860: Atlanta Begins as a Railroad Town\n\nIn the antebellum South, cotton was king, and the prosperity of the planters depended on moving that all-important crop from plantation to market.  In 1836, the State of Georgia chartered the 138-mile-long Western & Atlantic Railroad, linking Chattanooga to mid-Georgia.  To this day, the Zero Milepost still stands next to Underground Atlanta, marking the southern end of that line.  As other rail lines built up, a bustling new community emerged at the crossroads, a town which would come to bear the names Terminus, Thrasherville, Marthasville, and finally, Atlanta.   On the eve of the Civil War, Atlanta – with a population of 10,000 – had already become the trade and cultural center of the South.  Lower Alabama Street, between Peachtree Street and Central Avenue, was the city's center, which was to become Underground Atlanta.\n\n1861 - 1864: Atlanta Becomes a Confederate Supply  Depot\n\nThe State of Georgia seceded from the Union in January 1861.  The Civil War, bloodiest of American conflicts, raged for four years.  Atlanta was the railroad center of the South, and a prime target for Union commanders.  General William T. Sherman, known for his scorched-earth tactics, had Atlanta in the crosshairs.  Union troops shelled the city’s center in The Battle of Atlanta, on July 22, 1864.  A gas lamp damaged in the assault still stands inside Underground Atlanta at Peachtree and Lower Alabama Streets. In “Gone with the Wind”, author Margaret Mitchell writes about the railroad depot, which stood where Underground is now, between Pryor Street and Central Avenue.  Scarlett O'Hara and doctors worked frantically over Confederate soldiers inside the depot, which became a triage hospital.  General Sherman burned the depot – and nearly everything else in Atlanta – to the ground.  One month after the siege began, Atlanta was surrendered to federal troops.  A Union camp was established near Underground Atlanta.\n\n1866-1920: "The Phoenix City" Rises from the Ashes\n\nAfter the war, heartbroken yet determined Atlantans sifted through the rubble of their once great city to start anew.  Reconstruction efforts zeroed in (again) around the Zero Milepost.  Atlanta became a boomtown, and would double its population to 22,000 in just five years.  In 1869, engineers with the Georgia Railroad Freight Depot built an impressive three-story head house, state-of-the-art in its time.  Called Union Station Depot, a single-story structure still remains to this day, and stands next to Underground Atlanta.  It is the oldest building downtown.  In the 1870's, a bustling business district emerged nearby.  Banks, hotels, saloons, grain wholesalers, law offices, and a whiskey distillery all sprang up near the train station.  Packinghouse Row, which comes to life in present-day Underground Atlanta, was on the northern side of Lower Alabama Street between Pryor and Central.  In 1887, just one-half block from Union Station, Coca-Cola was first served at Jacob's Pharmacy on Peachtree Street.  By 1900, Union Station Depot served 100 trains a day with direct rail service from New York, Cincinnati, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Macon, Augusta and Columbus. By 1910, several iron bridges had been constructed to cross the rail tracks at Union Street. Local architect Haralson Bleckley proposed that new concrete bridges be built to replace the iron bridges. A linear mall at bridge level would connect the concrete viaducts and create a series of public plazas.\n\n1920 - 1929: The Viaducts Create a “City Beneath the Streets”\n\nAs the new century took off, Atlanta began to take on a new look.  Following the Chicago School of architecture, multi-story "skyscraper" office buildings cropped-up in the downtown area, and the city became a business and retail center.  In the 1920's, construction of concrete "viaducts" elevated the streets of downt
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You mean States?\n\nSimple. The railroads allowed for traveling farther faster and delivering needed goods as well.\n\nPeople could live further away but have supplies brought by train.
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Most of the subways will take you to BOROUGH HALL.  It should be right across the street (or down the street) from that stop.  Check the MTA site to figure out which ones stop there.
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In reality States are responsible for repair within the limits of the State, sometimes they spend the money in something else and procrastinate such repairs, now railroads are not part of the States budget, they are private enterprises in which the owners decide whether they fix the rails or buy new coaches, I hope you get an A on your project..☺
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Swindon\n\nWorking on the station, dont go to London
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How are you planning on getting there?  You can take the subway - take the 7 train.  If you take the express, it takes 22 to 28 minutes on a weekday.\n\nhttp://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/service/pdf/t7cur.pdf
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I would suggest talking with family members, and maybe if you  really need this info., you could go to New York and check out the subways, and see if they have any info.
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UNDergroUND\n\nnever seen this one before - thanks for the brain excersize!
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look up y-tunnel on the top right hand of the page
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It's most probably it's metro system, called the 'tube', or London Underground. But the way you put the question is a little bit strange ... what do you mean by 'infrastructure'?
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I think the train station at Old Trafford only opens when Manchester United has a home match.\n\nIf I were going I would arrive at either Manchester Piccadilly or Victoria station then take the Metrolink (right from the station) towards Altrincham. Get off at Old Trafford, then walk one kilometre straight up the road to the football club.\n \nYou will see the Old Trafford cricket club when you first get off the tram. Ignore this and walk up the road as I said above.\n\nBest wishes on your try out!