Historic American Culture Secret Network The Underground Railroad was set back in the early 1830s. It was a large network of large stopping points going through 14 of the Northern states. It was used for fugitive slaves. Most of the members who helped slaves escape were part of the free black community, one of the fugitive slaves was Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman helped hundreds of escaped slaves to the North with the underground railroad.Risking her life she went back to the south to help families and other slaves with the plantation system, she was known as one of the best conductors. The underground railroad was important because it helped free many slaves from the South as it brought them to the North. Story Starts an Uprise Harriet beecher Stowe’s novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin; published on March 20, 1852, had a large impact on the North as 300,000 copies were sold, as for the South it was thought of as over exaggerated and distortions. The novel follows Uncle Tom and Harry as their owners are forced to sell them for economic reasons. They are sold and the story follows them and the people they meet and what impact the new owners have on them. Uncle Tom’s Cabin was important back then because it helped the North see what was truly happening to the slaves down in the South. New Life in America …show more content…
They were originally used to aid with such luxurious products such as tobacco. Slavery was practiced to as early as the 17th and 18th centuries, African Americans helped build today’s nation and the economy. The production of the cotton gin in 1793 made the demand for slaves grow, by the mid- 1900s the western territory expanded as did the debate over slaves did as well. This great debate would hurt the nation in the bloody Civil War from 1861 -1865. The subject over slavery is important because it teaches America about its past mistakes and how to help make the nation