In the 1850s to the early 1860s, Harriet Tubman ( born Araminta “minty” Ross), an American slave, helped, fellow slaves escape to Canada through the underground railroad. Slavery in Canada was abolished in 1833, making it an ideal location for slaves to take refuge. Harriet would go around from plantation to plantation helping to get slaves out of their plantations, to ferry them back to Canada through the underground railroad. The underground railroad was neither underground, nor a railroad, but rather a chain of safe houses or “posts” leading across the Canadian border. It is unknown how many slaves she freed, but it is known to be over 300, and she proudly maintained, that she “never lost a single passenger”. It is certainly something to be proud of, that Canada was a safe haven for African Americans during the time that slavery was still rampant in the US. I certainly think it is something to be proud of that Canada was able to act as a safe haven for African Americans.