1. Some were held there for up to six years, but eventually the mothers of these children agreed to send their children to public schools, and the children were released. By the 1980s, fanatical activism had died down. However, 100 of the nearly 200 children sent to the compound -calling themselves the New Denver Survivors -launched a class action lawsuit in the 1990s over alleged physical, psychological and sexual abuses they endured at the school. They sought an apology and compensation from the government of British Columbia. None of the lawsuits succeeded, but a 1999 BC Ombudsman report called for an unconditional, clear and public apology to the victims;Wikipedia;The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-19th century,2004