![]() After the Civil War, when Emancipation and the service of African American soldiers had aided Union victory, the myth arose that most white Northerners had been longtime abolitionists. Civil War (1861-1865), only a small minority of white Northerners engaged in active protest against slavery, including aid to those seeking freedom. The Underground Railroad has also been, however, the source of much myth-making and wishful romance. The Underground Railroad (UGRR) really existed, and it helped many enslaved people–not only in the South, but also in the early 1800s New York, New Jersey, and other northern slaveholding states–escape to freedom. THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD STORY SLAVERY FREE
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