Introduction to the Civil War

After reading Harriet Tubman, Conductor on the Underground Railroad, by Ann Petry, you should be able to make the connection between the perceived necessity for slavery in the southern states and the anti-slavery environment of the northern states, and the tension between the north and south that this caused. You also found tensions building in Congress as laws were passed which promoted the return of runaway slaves once they reached a northern free state. This was a red flag to the northerners, indicating they were not fairly represented in congress, and further widening the gap between north and south.

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