40th Blog Post WOOOOOO

Today we took notes about the Underground Railroad and it turns out that it's not actually underground, or a railroad. I live next to the Abraham Adam House, and I think it was built in the 1700's, but maybe it had something to do with the Underground railroad. I think it was kind of obvious that the houses with the white and black chimneys were the railroad "Conductors", like wouldn't the slave catchers notice a pattern? I would think so. It really surprised me that only 1 or 2% of the slave population escaped successfully. I know it must be quite difficult to travel on foot from the south to the Ohio river, but isn't there another way to do it? I think that a good tactic would be to get a boat, and obviously don't go to a popular port, but maybe anchor the ship off shore, then have slaves come in boats there, and just stay out of the way of other boats, and follow the coast up to the north, to freedom. I'm also surprised that slavery even was a problem for a long time, because isn't America about sticking up for your individual opinions, and what you believe in, what you believe is right. How could so many American's be so cruel, that they all think owning another person is good? Why didn't more people rebel against slavery. It was really different back then then it is now, because now, almost everyone knows it's bad to discriminate against blacks, gays, Jews, other religions or races, even social classes. And if someone sees something they don't believe in, usually it will start a rebellion against it, whether it be talking to Congress, or making a group on Facebook. I think as a nation, we've definitely progressed in that area.