By @raspy_rawls "♻ @Haki_kweli_shakur The Underground Railroad was started on August 2, 1850 The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th-century enslaved people of African descent in the United States in efforts to escape to free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists and allies Various other routes led to Mexico or overseas. An "Underground Railroad" running south toward Florida, then a Spanish possession, existed from the late 17th century until shortly after the American Revolution. However, the network now generally known as the Underground Railroad was formed in the early 19th century, and reached its height between 1850 and 1860. One estimate suggests that by 1850, 100,000 slaves had escaped via the "Railroad". More than 30,000 people were said to have escaped there via the network during its 20-year peak period At its peak, nearly 1,000 slaves per year escaped from slave-holding states using the Underground Railroad – more than 5,000 court cases for escaped slaves were recorded – many fewer than the natural increase of the enslaved population. The resulting economic impact was minuscule, but the psychological influence on slaveholders was immense. Under the original Fugitive Slave Act of 1793, officials from slave-holding states were responsible for the recovery of runaway slaves, but citizens and governments of many free states ignored the law, and the Underground Railroad thrive.. #BlackAugust #BlackAugustResistance #undergroundrailroad #FreedomArt #August2nd1850 via #newafrikanindependencemovement #augustthirdcollectivesouth #augustthirdcollective Sponsored By The #UpCommunity" via @PhotoRepost_app