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2007-12-13 05:39:32 · 7 answers · asked by Jaycie 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Not exactly sure where some of the information is coming from (1950's slavery ended?), but yes, it "ran" pretty much from the beginning of slavery through the Civil War. It was much less organized prior to the early 1800's, and the answer you got of 1810 might be correct.
The interesting thing about the Underground Railroad is that for everyone we DO know who helped in this process, there were 20 more we don't know about. Many of the politicians of the day (Zachariah Chandler, for example - an unknown hero of that time, Michigan senator, founder of the Republican Party and staunch abolitionist) financed parts of the railroad, although they could not publicly proclaim it in their day since it was, by law, an illegal organization.
2007-12-13 05:56:01 · answer #1 · answered by Rich 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The American Civil War, effectively, put an end to the need for the Underground Railroad. That war ended in 1864. There would have been a form of the Underground Railroad from, practically, the beginnings of American slavery. It might not have been called by that name, but there were people helping others escape from bondage, long before the 1800s.
2007-12-13 13:44:22 · answer #2 · answered by Vince M 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Underground Railroad, a vast network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape to the North and to Canada, was not run by any single organization or person. Rather, it consisted of many individuals -- many whites but predominently black -- who knew only of the local efforts to aid fugitives and not of the overall operation. Still, it effectively moved hundreds of slaves northward each year -- according to one estimate, the South lost 100,000 slaves between 1810 and 1850.
With the end of the American Civil War came the end of slavery and the end of the Underground Railroad.
2007-12-13 14:28:23 · answer #3 · answered by ♥♥The Queen Has Spoken♥♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It wasn't until the 1950's that slavery ended, and the underground railroad kick-started the process,so i would safely guess the mid 1900's rather than the mid 1800's
2007-12-13 13:45:37 · answer #4 · answered by kimberly s 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Began about 1810 and was active til the end of the Civil War.
2007-12-13 13:46:30 · answer #5 · answered by MikeyG 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
in the 1860s
2007-12-13 14:13:34 · answer #6 · answered by valkscool 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Civil and onward was the most active time
2007-12-13 13:41:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋