I. United States Civil War: causes, course, and effects a. Cotton Economy and Slavery i. Cotton is King ii. Conditions of enslavement 1. “peculiar institution” of slavery frowned upon for a long time iii. Abolitionists 2. Underground Railroad a. Network of secret routes and safe houses used in helping slaves escape to free states b. Harriet Tubman i. Also known as Moses ii. Made 19 trips into the South and escorted over 300 slaves to freedom iii. Most famous of the Underground Railroad’s conductors b. Origins of the civil war iv. Political issues
I. United States Civil War: causes, course, and effects a. Cotton Economy and Slavery i. Cotton is King ii. Conditions of enslavement 1. “peculiar institution” of slavery frowned upon for a long time iii. Abolitionists 2. Underground Railroad a. Network of secret routes and safe houses used in helping slaves escape to free states b. Harriet Tubman i. Also known as Moses ii. Made 19 trips into the South and escorted over 300 slaves to freedom iii. Most famous of the Underground Railroad’s conductors b. Origins of the civil war iv. Political issues