PART I
The Underground Railroad was a term used to describe a high network of people, meeting places, secret routes, passageways and safe houses used by slaves in the U.S. to escape slavery. The network was administered by both Caucasian and African American individuals helping slaves escape holding states to northern states and to Canada. It developed as a joint effort of several different clandestine groups most notably the Quakers who were the first known group to take on the effort. The activities of the underground railroad operated from the early 1800s to the Civil War however, there are no exact dates recorded noting its existence. The earliest mention of the Underground Railroad came when then Tice Davids escaped capture from Kentucky …show more content…
The American revolution was the kick starter to all the other revolutions stemming from the belief of English theorists who rejected the longstanding idea that slavery was a condition that naturally suited some people. Their transatlantic antislavery movement which believed that freedom was the natural condition of man fed the emergence of the American revolution. In addition to the united states, France and Haiti also formed revolutions all pushing and declaring the notions that all men are created equal.
The Haitian revolution perhaps was the most notable of all the others in that it was let by the island’s rebellious slaves. It single turned France’s most valuable sugar colony into an independent country run by former slaves. While the American revolution did very little to combat slavery, it by the onset of the civil war, enabled the American and English military to free thousands of slaves. Many slaves used the turmoil of war to escape their captors which help build free black communities and these communities would go on to continually fight the antislavery …show more content…
The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 was enacted as a more toughened law to combat the efforts of the underground railroad. This placed both escaping slaves and freedmen in jeopardy as some legally-freed people were captured and re-slaved. The refusal of the northern states to enforce the Fugitive Slave act law also helped paved the way for the civil war. This was mostly because the southerners cited the “uncooperative” stance of the north as a reason for secession. Many slaves died as a result of being recaptured and punished or killed while others died making their escape. Despite the negative consequences, the most positive impact of the underground railroad on the nation was that it was the catalyst to freeing slaves and ultimately eradicating slavery from the
The Underground Railroad was a term used to describe a high network of people, meeting places, secret routes, passageways and safe houses used by slaves in the U.S. to escape slavery. The network was administered by both Caucasian and African American individuals helping slaves escape holding states to northern states and to Canada. It developed as a joint effort of several different clandestine groups most notably the Quakers who were the first known group to take on the effort. The activities of the underground railroad operated from the early 1800s to the Civil War however, there are no exact dates recorded noting its existence. The earliest mention of the Underground Railroad came when then Tice Davids escaped capture from Kentucky …show more content…
The American revolution was the kick starter to all the other revolutions stemming from the belief of English theorists who rejected the longstanding idea that slavery was a condition that naturally suited some people. Their transatlantic antislavery movement which believed that freedom was the natural condition of man fed the emergence of the American revolution. In addition to the united states, France and Haiti also formed revolutions all pushing and declaring the notions that all men are created equal.
The Haitian revolution perhaps was the most notable of all the others in that it was let by the island’s rebellious slaves. It single turned France’s most valuable sugar colony into an independent country run by former slaves. While the American revolution did very little to combat slavery, it by the onset of the civil war, enabled the American and English military to free thousands of slaves. Many slaves used the turmoil of war to escape their captors which help build free black communities and these communities would go on to continually fight the antislavery …show more content…
The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 was enacted as a more toughened law to combat the efforts of the underground railroad. This placed both escaping slaves and freedmen in jeopardy as some legally-freed people were captured and re-slaved. The refusal of the northern states to enforce the Fugitive Slave act law also helped paved the way for the civil war. This was mostly because the southerners cited the “uncooperative” stance of the north as a reason for secession. Many slaves died as a result of being recaptured and punished or killed while others died making their escape. Despite the negative consequences, the most positive impact of the underground railroad on the nation was that it was the catalyst to freeing slaves and ultimately eradicating slavery from the