Upper Canada
Freed slaves
#### Freed slaves

The [Act Against Slavery](/wiki/Act_Against_Slavery "Act Against Slavery") passed in Upper Canada on 9 July 1793\. The 1793 "Act against Slavery" forbade the importation of any additional slaves and freed children. It did not grant freedom to adult slaves—they were finally freed [by the British Parliament in 1833](/wiki/Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833 "Slavery Abolition Act 1833"). As a consequence, many Canadian slaves fled south to New England and New York, where slavery was no longer legal. Many American slaves who had escaped from the South via the [Underground Railroad](/wiki/Underground_Railroad "Underground Railroad") or fleeing from the [Black Codes](/wiki/Black_Codes_%28United_States%29 "Black Codes (United States)") in the Ohio Valley came north to Ontario, a good portion settling on land lots and began farming.Cooper, Afua, "Acts of Resistance: Black Men and Women Engage Slavery in Upper Canada, 1793–1803," *Ontario History,* Spring 2007, Vol. 99 Issue 1, pp 5–17 It is estimated that thousands of escaped slaves entered Upper Canada from the United States.


What is the name of the railroad that helped American slaves escape from the South?