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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
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Stephen Douglas supported popular sovereignity, also called squatter sovereignity, which stated that each territory had the right to determine if they would accept slavery or not.
republican
Strong leadership in the abolitionist movement.
It attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina.
The party offered them social service and jobs.
South Carolina considered pulling out of the union as a protest. -Apex
they refused to sell goods to them
it was rigid and well defined.
Revolt and fight for their freedom
the democratic party.
The economic effect of slavery - Apex
It was the subject of many compromises, but it was never settled-Apex
African Americans suffered tremendous casualty rates, partly because the South refused to accept them as prisoners
it was unjust, oppressive, and cruel
