For example, if you have an insurance business and plan to add investments or comprehensive financial planning to your practice, then you will need to be licensed (and perhaps certified) accordingly. 3.
Coffin's organization generally helped the escaped slaves move onward to Canada, where they could not be captured and returned to slavery in the American South. A prominent figure associated with the Underground Railroad was Harriet Tubman, who escaped from slavery in Maryland in the late 1840s. She returned two years later to help some of her relatives escape.
1 Truth: In fact, most people who helped escaping slaves were free blacks or escaped slaves. 2  And even though the whites who helped runaways were abolitionists who wanted to end slavery, not all abolitionists supported the Underground Railroad. 3  Many abolitionists, in fact, were against helping slaves escape. And even though the whites who helped runaways were abolitionists who wanted to end slavery, not all abolitionists supported the Underground Railroad. 2  Many abolitionists, in fact, were against helping slaves escape. 3  They did not believe in breaking the law and wanted to find a legal way to end slavery.