This helped slaves that were trying to get to the free states or to Canada. ... Their homes often became stations on the Underground Railroad, which helped slaves fleeing to the free states or to Canada. ... In 1865, the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery in the country. ... She became the most famous leader of the underground railroad, which aided slaves fleeing to the free states or to Canada. ... Whereas Garrison regarded the Constitution as a pro-slavery document, even going so far as to publicly burn it, Douglass took the wording of the Constitution to imp...

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All of this was basically a different interpretation of the United States Constitution on both sides. ... Basically the North favored a loose interpretation of the United States Constitution. ... Many Northerners set up underground railroads where the runaway slaves could hide and get food and be directed to Canada for freedom. ... Some of the most famous abolitionists were William Lloyd Garrison of Boston, Wendell Phillips, who in 1836 gave up his law practice because he couldn't support the United States Constitution, James G. ...

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"NO nation can enslave a group of people for hundreds of years, set them free "bedraggled and penniless "pit them, without assistance, in a hostile environment against privileged victimizers, and then reasonably expect the gap between the heirs of the two groups to narrow. Lines begun parall...

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