Underground+Railroad

Underground Railroad Prior to the Civil War (1861-65), hundreds of slaves escaped to the free North every year with the help of the Underground Railroad. Was the railroad: • A justified response to the immoral institution of slavery? (PRO) • A violation of the Constitution and the Fugitive Slave Act? (CON)

CON : The Underground Railroad is illegal !

PRO:So is slavery, you cant own another person !

CON : Slaves escaping w/ the help of the Underground Railroad is going to make the South fall apart.

PRO : The Underground Railroad is justified because slavery is a inhumane institution It violates The Declaration of Independence.

CON : Both Northern and Southern agreed that slaves were property for a long time.

PRO : The Declaration of Independence declares all me equal !

CON : " Slaves shall always be reputed and considered real estate... and they shall be seized and sold as real estate " - Louisiana, Which is in the South.

PRO : Slavery is immoral and a violation of the nations founding document.

CON : Your states are going against you, Maryland said : In case the personal property of a ward , shall consists of specific articles , such as Slaves , working beast , animals of any kind ... and so forth " meaning we can own slaves.

CON : Slaves were property. The Underground Railroad interfered with the slaveholders

CON : Slaves were born being " white " people property, No matter where they escape to they still are the South's property. Therefore, the Underground Railroad unjustly deprives Southerns of hundreds of thousands of dollars of property every year ,