This Secret Room Discovered by Homeowners Held a Historical Secret

People Were Angry

Jim Fetig

Southerners weren’t happy that the North had been helping their slaves escape, which led to the second Fugitive Slave Law being passed that made running the Underground Railroad more dangerous, and yet, Still and Garrett’s mission did not waiver. But the difference of opinion between the free and slave states was destined to ultimately trigger the Civil War in 1861. And the movement was already having problems 11 years before that happened.

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