how long did slavery last and some facts on the underground railroad?

Answer 1

1619-1865 (that's assuming you meant slavery in the US, because its still happening in some other countries and there's some underground slave trading all over the world). Check out the links for the underground railroad...the one by national geographic is kind of cool. Also look up Harriet Tubman and/or William Still. Wikipedia has a lot of good links.

Answer 2

you have to simplify your question if your asking about slavery in general that you're talking about slavery beginning in ancient times. Now if if your talking about the slavery of African-Americans, that began shortly after the settlers came from Europe and began killing all the Indians(who were forced to be slaves on their own land) and needed to get more slaves. And so they took after the portuguese around the beginning of the 1600's and went to africa to kidnap people. so estiated slavery last for almost 300 years. The underground railroad were freed slaves and other people who were willing to risk their lives to help free the slaves in the 1800's. It was an "underground railroad" but rather private homes, property, and secret passages that were unknown to the american government.

Answer 3

It ran from 1780 to 1862 between the earliest documents of the UR become in 1786 notwithstanding the top of the UR become from 1810 and 1850. An prepared equipment to help runaway slaves seems to have all started in the route of the properly of the 18th century. In 1786 George Washington complained about how one among his runaway slaves become helped through a "society of Quakers, formed for such applications." The equipment grew, and round 1831 it become dubbed "The Underground Railroad," after the then rising steam railroads. The equipment even used words utilized in railroading: the houses and businesses the position fugitives would relax and devour were called "stations" and "depots" and were run through "stationmasters," those who contributed money or products were "stockholders," and the "conductor" become in charge for shifting fugitives from one station to the subsequent.

Answer 4

Google it, hon... the first slave in the colonies was about 1619, but one people enslaving its defeated enemies or for mere convenience has been going on since before the dawn of civilization.

Answer 5

well technically slavery is still alive..even in the u.s. but its not widely know.
but here is some information sites...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_railroad

Answer 6

Research it online.