Underground_Railroad

Underground Railroad The Underground Railroad The idea of freedom is as old as American slavery itself. The desire for freedom was in the mind of almost every slave. Freedom was always the dream at the back of every slaves mind; is it possible' What would it be like' Finally, how can I obtain it' For the great majority of the enslaved, hope lied northward. The passion to be free grew so strong in many slaves, that they risked their lives to find it. Not only did they want it for themselves, but for all who were held captive by slavery. Many ex-slaves, who had made it to freedom, returned to the south to help guide other slaves to the promise of freedom. Blacks and whites working together created a system of moving slaves to freedom called the Underground Railroad. Slavery in America developed as a response to economics. The major crops and exports of the southern states were tobacco, rice, cotton, and sugar. These crops required longs hours of hard work in the hot sun, time consuming, backbreaking labor, and a cheap source of laborers. Slavery was the answer to all of these underground, slaves, slave, railroad, freedom, states, slavery, law, runaways, fugitive, never, fugitives, work, system, south, owners, one, runaway, people, passed, money, individuals, helped, escape, united, person, north, movement, made, lives, labor, groups, even, created, assist