underground railway
Slavery was a common practice in the southern states in the early 1800's. Therefore what made the Underground Railroad so successful? Supposedly the term Underground Railroad originated when an enslaved runaway, Tice Davids, fled from Kentucky. Determined to retrieve his property, his owner chased Davids but Davids suddenly disappeared, leaving his owner wondering if the slave had "gone off on some underground road" . Ironically neither an "underground" or "railroad" took part in this network of …
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…Railroad would have never succeeded as well as it did.
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**Bibliography**
Internet. History and Geography of the Underground Railroad. http://afgen.com/underground_railroad.html
Blockson, Charles. Escape from Slavery, The Underground Railroad. Washington D.C: National Geographic. 1984
Thomas, John. Slavery Attacked: The Abolitionists Crusade. Prentice-Hall. New Jersey. 1965
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McKitrick, L. Eric. Slavery Defended: The Views of the Old South. Prentice-Hall. New Jersey. 1963
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