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This term refers to the network of abolitionists who aided fugitives in their escape from slavery. The escape routes and methods used in this network varied. Although some slaves escaped to Mexico, most of the fugitives who traveled along this network fled to the Northern free states or even to Canada. During the first half of the 1800s, Southern slave owners became increasingly angered by the efforts of this network and the loss of (what they considered) their slave property.
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