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Contents 1 WP:Spotlight 2 Estimates 3 link to spam site 4 Who the heck screwed up this page? 5 Number estimates

[edit] WP:Spotlight

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Cite Everything using typical inline citations Follow {{articleissues}} template Clean up references section(s) Link to Fugitive Slave Law of 1850

"Upon arriving at their destinations, many fugitives were disappointed. While the British colonies had no slavery, discrimination was still common. Many of the new arrivals had great difficulty finding jobs, and overt racism was common." - where's the citation? Upon what source is this statement based? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.147.161.173 (talk) 04:40, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Estimates

The introduction estimates 6,000 slaves at a lower bound, but the Canada section states a minimum of 30,000 escaping to Canada only. 128.208.1.238 —The preceding signed but undated comment was added at 02:52, August 24, 2007 (UTC).

Sorry about that, didn't realise I wasn't logged in. laddiebuck 18:58, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

The introduction indicates that there were an estimated 100,000 slaves that escaped on the railroad, but that the US census only accounts for 6,000 of those slaves; that there was a minimum estimated 30,000 that escaped to Canada is entirely consistent with the article. scatter98 11:11, 20 Sep 2007

[edit] link to spam site

Ontario's Underground Railroad -`this link goes to a site that is definately not what the link states. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ringwall (talk • contribs) 22:25, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Who the heck screwed up this page?

Must I repeat? Who the heck screwed up this page?!!!!? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jkwinders (talk • contribs) 14:33, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Number estimates

Unless valid source can be found to support the claim that 100,000 slaves were helped, this information will be removed. The previous source used in the introduction merely restated the claim. Anyone have a better source? Matt Gerber (talk) 17:21, 29 April 2008 (UTC)