The Underground Railroad and Slavery in the United States

Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject History - America, , language: English, abstract: This paper explains the "Underground Railroad", a system of support for enslaved African Americans who tried to escape slavery and reach the free Northern states.

It shows:
- What the Underground Railroad was;
- How it worked;
- Who was involved;
- What the consequences of its existence were for the Southern as well as the Nothern states of the U.S.