Campaign details
Brand: Ancestry Agency: Weber Shandwick
Situation Analysis
Slavery was legal in the United States until 1865. The enslaved were considered property without full citizenship and the right to an education. Once purchased, their families might be separated and their names changed, which resulted in many histories being lost.
Thousands of slaves escaped to freedom along The Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes and safe houses. Escaping, or helping a slave to escape, could result in imprisonment or death, making it critical that both enslaved people and those trying to help them, left no trace...