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a vast network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape from the South to the North and to Canada
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George Washington complained about how one of his runaway slaves was helped by a "society of Quakers, formed for such purposes."
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The United States outlaws any efforts to impede the capture of runaway slaves.
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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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Made an Underground Railroad for New York City helping 1,000 slaves
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The anti-slavery society is formed
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Ohio becomes the most active underground railroad spot
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attempts a blod slavery resque and got called the "slave stealer"
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around 3,000 people worked on the underground railroad.
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Fugitive slaves publish their stories of how they escaped
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Harriet escapes and becomes a famous conductor
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South Carolina troops fire on Fort Sumter and the civil war starts
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SLAVES ARE FREE!!!