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The Underground Railroad
a vast network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape from the South to the North and to Canada -
George Washington
George Washington complained about how one of his runaway slaves was helped by a "society of Quakers, formed for such purposes." -
Fugitive Slave Act
The United States outlaws any efforts to impede the capture of runaway slaves. -
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney patents his device for pulling seeds from cotton. The invention turns cotton into the cash crop of the American South—and creates a huge demand for slave labor. -
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the South lost 100,000 slaves
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David Ruggles
Made an Underground Railroad for New York City helping 1,000 slaves -
Anti-slavery
The anti-slavery society is formed -
Ohio
Ohio becomes the most active underground railroad spot -
Jonathan Walker
attempts a blod slavery resque and got called the "slave stealer" -
Working
around 3,000 people worked on the underground railroad. -
Stories
Fugitive slaves publish their stories of how they escaped -
Harriet Tubman
Harriet escapes and becomes a famous conductor -
Civil war
South Carolina troops fire on Fort Sumter and the civil war starts -
13th Amendment
SLAVES ARE FREE!!!