The Underground Railroad as Social Policy

Synonyms

Freedom struggle; Emancipation; Social engineering

Definitions and Keywords

Underground Railroad - the informal process through which enslaved African Americans escaped the bondage of slavery from the South and northern slave states into freedom in northern Free states such as Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois,- and as far away as Canada; Fugitive Slave Act; Harriet Tubman; Emancipation Proclamation; Thirteenth Amendment, etc.

History

Imagine this scenario: Close your eyes and imagine having to hold your breath and being fearful of who to trust. Afraid that at any given moment someone could come and turn you in and the world as you knew it could come to an end. Now, open your eyes and you see yourself a free individual in another state or country! The Underground Railroad was the process through which enslaved African Americans escaped from the South and northern slave states into freedom in northern Free states and as far away as Canada. The process brought with it a lot of...