HIST 499-003: Slavery, Abolition, and the Underground Railroad
Spring 2024 - Spencer Crew - Section SyllabusSlavery and its abolition was one of the major issues in the United States leading up to the Civil War. Southerners saw slavery as a positive good for themselves and for the enslaved people they controlled. Abolitionists saw slavery as a blemish on the nation and were committed to bring it to an end....