We often think of past slavery as being associated with racial beliefs however, the origins of this institutions do not seem to be associated with race. Slavery at times has been used as a form of punishment or to deal with prisoners of war.
The majority of passengers on the Underground Railroad were slaves
escaping to freedom.
The Underground Railroad was a secret network organized by people who helped men, women and children escape from slavery to freedom. It provided hiding places, food and transportation for the fugitives.
<em>The escaping slaves were called the passengers</em> and the helpers conductors or engineers.
Henry 'box' Brown was born as a slave in Virginia. In order to escape slavery, he was put into a wooden box in which he traveled in a variety of wagons, railroads, steamboats, ferries and a delivery wagon. He arrived safely in Philadelphia. He became the symbol of the Underground Railroad Freedom Movement that helped many slaves escape from slavery to slavery free states.
A: because blacks, even though being free, were still treated like slaves and some were even put into sharecropping to ensure they stayed poor
Answer:The positive effects of the Revolutionary War were that the U.S. gained its independence, Great Britain lost it's standing as an undefeated superpower. The negative effects of the War were that France collapsed and entered a violent era known as the French Revolution because of severe debt.
