The Underground Railroad:

The system of moving slaves from station to station at night was safe enough to get a massive amount of slaves to freedom and earn this system the name of the underground railroad. Although there were many threats and troubles in their way and not all of the escapees made it North. Usually, they had to go through the wilderness at night to avoid getting spotted by slave catches hoping to earn the rewards posted for catching any missing slave. This meant that they had to fend off the wild animals without making much noise. The stretches of land they traveled through not only consisted of roads, but also huge bodies of water that they had to swim through on the frosty winter nights. All this was done without proper food and water. Even if they surpassed all these challenges, they were still strangers to the Northern states. They had no job and money and were left alone to survive. This journey was one that included life-threatening situations and hardships throughout and after it was over.