hey everyone! Can yall give me some info on the importance of the underground railroad!?

Question

I am doing a paper for school and i need some help on any websites i can go to or any info you might have!

Answer 1

here is a website that had information on the underground railroad.,

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2944.html

The "railroad" was a series of "safe houses" run by individuals who apposed slavery. These houses often had secret rooms, ie behind the fireplace, in the wall., to hide those in route on the search for freedom, if I recall correctly, many were on their way to Canada, as there were laws that required many states to have the "escaped slaves" returned to their "owners'". I was in Province Town, Massachusetts, and had a meal at a restaurant that had been one of the 'safe houses'......the room was hidden between the fireplace in the main room and the kitchen wall where the cooking stove was set.
Be sure to read the entire article, as with each "next" there continues to be a wealth of information that should prove to be beneficial in your search and report.
good luck with your home work.......and report.

Answer 2

Harriett Tubman is perhaps the most famous "conductor" of the so-called Underground Railroad that preceded the Civil War in the US, 1861-1865. Of course, this wasn't an actual railroad, but the name refers to the secret movement of slaves from point-to-point generally north towards states that had abolished slavery. Many people who felt slavery was unjust and immoral would help slaves reach freedom (whites and blacks cooperated to do this), giving them food and shelter along the way, and hiding them from the authorities. Keep in mind that although many northern US states had abolished slavery, the southern slave states could still use Federal law to claim slaves as property. In a famous 1850s case involving a slave named Dred Scott, the US Supreme Court argued that slaves are property, and as such, they have no rights and that they must be returned to their owners (it is one of the worst examples of bad legal reasoning- not to mention an example of the extreme hypocrisy in America at the time. The Declaration of Independence, for example, was essentially a Declaration of the Rights of Man- yet slaves apparenty weren't "men" nor had they any rights). Also, the southern states had pushed for stronger fugitive slave laws, which would make it illegal for anyone to assist in the escape of slaves. So this means that even a free non-slave northern state was compelled by law to bring back slaves and not to assist in their escape. You can imagine, then, that people who helped slaves find their freedom via the Underground Rairoad were doing something that was illegal not only in the slave state, but in the free state also because of the fugitive slave laws at the Federal level.

Answer 3

In my opinion, it's pretty impossible to explain the "importance" of the Underground Railroad. It was huge, and was really the best chance runaway slaves would survive.

In the days of slavery, any slave who had run away could be forcibly returned to their owner, beaten, even killed. It was the right of the slave owner to deal with runaway slaves in the way they thought best, and it was not uncommon for them to feel a slave who had run away deserved death.

The Underground Railroad allowed runaway slaves to be cared for and hidden until they had gotten to a place where they were safe, where the law didn't allow for them to be detained, injured, murdered, or returned to their owners. Without the organization of the Underground Railroad, runaway slaves were on their own, and they took their own chances, and they had much fewer resources than slaves running away by way of the Underground Railroad had.

Answer 4

The Underground Railroad was a system of people that were willing to help slaves escape to freedom. They were called conductors and the slaves were their "cargo".

Answer 5

It eases the traffic problems,
reduces fuel consumption,
reduces air pollution,
its more safe than transporting by car,
It helps to save people time etc.
you can write about each one some thing!

Answer 6

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