Why did the Underground Railroad end?

Answer 1

It followed the new Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, that allowed official slave-catchers to hunt down runaways and return them to their owners.

This caused Harriet Beecher Stowe to write 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', which drew attention to the Underground railroad, and caused many Northerners to make their homes available to harbour the runaways, and help them to reach Canada and freedom.

Answer 2

Many slaves wanted to escape slavery. To do that they had to run away. The best place to go was to the free states in the North, or to Canada. That required traveling great distances, and these people had little or no experience of places other than where they were slaves. This often was more successful if they found help along the way.

The underground railway was the combined efforts of all the people who helped escaped slaves, tried to hide them, and move them further north.

Answer 3

It ended in 1856 and was not a real railroad but a route slaves took to freedom. Some of the "stops" can still be found in barns, attics, and basements of places along the routes taken by the slaves to freedom. So, nothing happened to it. It just wasn't used.

Answer 4

When the US Constitution outlawed slavery, there was no longer a need for the Underground Railroad.

Answer 5

It just faded away after slavery so nothing happen to it

Answer 6

it got flooded out..........