How Did The Underground Railroad Contribute To Antislavery?

So here we are. Year 1865. The latter will be reminded as the year the Underground Railroad died, after decades and decades of hard work, perseverance, determination, or again bravery in order to help the antislavery cause and fight against this scourge which polluted our society for more than 30 years. It had to come to an end, with the “happy ending” of the Civil War, that led to the end of slavery. And what a legacy it has left behind. The Underground Railroad did so much for the antislavery cause that I hope it will be remembered forever, and that maybe students in the future will study this organization, its operation, and how it helped a big amount of slaves to survive in a country that was divided into two parts, roughly one in favor, and the other one against slavery. …show more content…
It leaves free men who are now able to create a family, have a job, emancipate in the society, and finally behave like normal people, and not having to be at the service of a part of the population. Some former slaves who escaped to Canada even come back to the U.S. and “seek their fortunes in the South, as teachers […], aspirants for political office, or simply individuals in search of economic opportunity.” It shows that the group also changed the mentalities in the country, since black people are able to have a job in the South. The Underground Railroad contributed a lot to the situation of black men and women nowadays, who are just free.