freedom.
             "The most intriguing feature of the Underground Railroad was its lack of formal organization"(Gorrell, 42). The Underground Railroad often relied on the efforts of cooperating individuals of various ethnic and religious groups who helped the African Americans escape from slavery. In addition, many mysterious accounts occurred through the time period of the Underground Railroad. The individuals who actually participated in its activities "hid or many times destroyed their personal journals to protect themselves and the runaways." (Fradin 24). To preserve the secrecy of the Underground Railroad, it was not talked about formally; many phrases and terms would be indirectly used and there would be a system of codes to interpret. The underground railroad may have seemed to be disorganized, the collaboration of strangers, and people of different races and ethnic backgrounds came together in effort to help slaves. It was a system which may have had flaws, and there many dangers to it, it was successful.
             The views on slavery were different throughout the north and south. The ideals, before the spread of abolition, were outstandingly different. Slavery caused many communication issues between the north and the south. The times were not peaceful. There was much distress between the north and the south. Unity of the nation had no longer been apparent. Slavery had torn apart the relationships of the countries and was one of the main causes to the civil war. Slavery had been an issue between the north and the south for a long period of time, as the two parts grew further away, so did their opinions. The southern parts of the united states felt differently towards slavery then the north, therefore causing many problems.
             In the Southern United states views on slavery were very different then in other parts of the United States. It brought the beginning of a system of freedom for slaves. In the south, respect was gained when the comm...