The ‘Underground Railroad’ and its significance to the study of American pre-civil war history
Table of Contents
1. Civil war
2. Slavery in America
3. Underground Railroad
4. Runaway slaves
5. Slave hunters
6. Abolitionism
The civil war in American caused the most important turning points in the history. The civil war started around 1861 to 1865. Within that period more than 618000 people lost their lives and millions more injured. Both uncompromising difference between the slaves and free states and the decisions of the national government over unstated territories based to start the civil war.
Slavery in the United States was the legitimate establishment of asset slavery that existed in the United States of America in the
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Many of them were beaten and tortured. Because of the slave trading, their family members are sold to different owners. Most of them did not have enough to eat, warm clothes or a good place to live. Almost everyone scared to be sold to the south, because the way of treating to the slaves in south was so harder than other places. Based on these facts their mind automatically generated the word “escape or run away”. But run away was a dream for most of them until they find the “Underground Railroad”.
The Underground Railroad was neither underground nor railroad. They named it as “Underground Railroad”, because of it was not an easy way to go. So many barriers, darkness and the fear were there with them always. The “railway” term used to describe how the journey works. Various routs were called “lines”, the stopping places are called “stations”, and the people who helping them are called “conductors” and their charges were called packages. The final destination of the journey was called “Promised Land” which is related phrase to the Holy Bible.
By the increasing of slaves run away, the owners of the slaves start the chase them. The character of “Slave Hunters” took the responsibility to take slaves