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Image Harriet Tubman as she escorts escaped slaves into Canada by Jerry Pinkney from the The Bridgeman Art Library, How Stuff Works The Underground Railroad system used railroad terms to describe people's roles "Stationmasters" ran the homes and businesses where fugitives would rest and eat were called "stations" and "depots"The route begins at the terminus of Maryland's Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway and runs roughly 98 miles through Kent and New Castle counties in Delaware to the border of Pennsylvania on Route 52Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, c March 12 – March 10, 1913) was an American abolitionist and political activist Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad Underground Railroad Ugrr Adventure Cycling Route Network Adventure Cycl