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☆☆☆☆☆Prior to the US Civil War, the Underground Railroad was a network of ex-slaves, abolitionists, and Southern sympathizers who helped escaped slaves get to the free states and to Canada. Because many were pursued by their slavemasters, the operation was highly secret (underground). People who were against slavery helped by guiding them between safe locations in the countryside (stations), and gave them food, clothing, and places to stay while fleeing.
Ex-slaves such as Harriet Tubman were the "conductors" who guided the escapees as they made their way to the North. Tubman was so resented by the slavemasters in Maryland that they offered $40,000 (an incredible sum then) for her capture.
The purpose was to get slaves away from their masters and for them to become free. It helped to provide safe passage for fugitive slaves to the north
There were many results of the civil war. The North won, and slavery was abolished, and southern reconstruction took place. The 13th and 15th amendments to the constitution were passed.
The main goal of the Know-Nothing party was to purify American politics by limiting or ending the influence of Irish Catholics and other immigrants. Some factions also tried to cooperate with antislavery forces.
Most states granted voting rights to property owners.
what did the second great awakening inspire
Henry David Thoreau
runaway slaves.
New Mexico and Arizona, known as the Gadsden Purchase (1853)
New York City draft riots happened on 1863-07-13.
Northerner used the term slave power to criticize white southerners who practiced obsessive political power.
Once the servant worked for the full length of their contract.
The cotton gin increased the demand for slaves.
They should be subordinate to men.
Manifest Destiny
