The system of escape routes and hiding places for runaway slaves was known as Underground Railroads.
In the US, slavery led to the creation of such escape routes and safe houses in order to help slaves escape and lead a normal life after that. They would either run to Canada or free states within America which abolished slavery. One of the most famous leaders was Harriet Tubman.
At about 2000 b.c. the Greeks established city state and each city state had its own government and most Greeks built there farm lands on the fertile land on the edge of the rocky coast
South Carolina and other states such as Virginia ant Texas seceded from the Union and created the Confederacy.