Map: The Under Ground Railroad (OCS)

This is the Under Ground Railroad at it's hight later on in my OCS TL. It looks different from OTL because politics in each state is drastically different, not to mention federally. But this map is circa abut 1860... have fin guessing what the changes are all about.....

P.S. The Mexican States of, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora and Chihuahua should be on here too... but this is just to get my head around some ideas and Im too lazy to put in that much work.

P.P.S Map is very much subject to change.

Key:

Red Lines: Pathways
Red Dots: End points
Green Dots: Important stops, hiding, exchange points.

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So I'm guessing the POD is before the 1860s, since Maine and Idaho, Oregon, and Washington aren't there, but the western border of Montana wasn't created around the Bitterroot mountain range until 1864 OTL. Before that, there was the continental divide which was used as the border for Oregon (when it was disputed between the US and Britain). You should use that one.

Maybe look up the rest of the borders that were created after your POD (whenever that is) and figure out which ones need to be changed.
 
So I'm guessing the POD is before the 1860s, since Maine and Idaho, Oregon, and Washington aren't there, but the western border of Montana wasn't created around the Bitterroot mountain range until 1864 OTL. Before that, there was the continental divide which was used as the border for Oregon (when it was disputed between the US and Britain). You should use that one.

Maybe look up the rest of the borders that were created after your POD (whenever that is) and figure out which ones need to be changed.

Thank you! That is a good idea. Like I said very subject to change. lol :p
 
The loss of the Pacific Northwest and Maine suggests the United States got into a war with the British after the conquest of Mexico losing badly enough to give up on Oregon and cede Maine. California being a point of origin for the Underground Railroad argues it voted to be a slave state1 so no Compromise of 1850. It also looks like slavery was introduced to the desert southwest after the Mexican-American War, probably for use in mining and ranching instead plantations since Arizona and New Mexico aren't what you would call cotton country.

1. It's more doable than you would think. Around 1849-1850 it was a pretty contested debate. The moment that swung the issue was when one of the leaders of the pro-slavery faction killed an anti-slavery leader in a duel (just outside San Francisco actually) and the anti-slavery faction used his death to turn public opinion against slavery in California.
 

Japhy

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This is the Under Ground Railroad at it's hight later on in my OCS TL. It looks different from OTL because politics in each state is drastically different, not to mention federally. But this map is circa abut 1860... have fin guessing what the changes are all about.....

The politics aside, simple geography should play a role in some of these. Why are so many clear, basic routes (For example the Hudson-Champlain Corridor) not a component? Why do so many of the lines cross mountain ranges when they don't have too, and ignore river valleys?
 
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