Northern States Weren’t Exactly a Safe Haven
Although Northern people disliked the thought of slavery, many of them didn’t want to co-exist with Africans and African Americans, so life was tough for people even in Delaware County in Pennsylvania. Many had their voting rights taken away from them and their movements were monitored by town officials. And if that wasn’t bad enough, they were often assaulted or ran into race riots, which is why the Underground Railroad continued helping these people move further North, which upset Southerners.