“The Underground Railroad is considered by many to be the first great freedom movement in the Americas and the first time that people of different races and faiths worked together in harmony for freedom and justice” (Walls 1). The Underground Railroad helped with the abolishment of slavery and helped show our country how damaging slavery was. In spite of, the many years of slavery Americans have learned how wrong slavery was and how every country has its dark times. In summery, even though our country was split there was still a lot of unity going on within both North and South. The war was suppose to end when the 13th Amendment that was passed by Congress in 1865 but the war continued for a few more months. The Confederate slaves did not want to relinquish up until they realized the strength of the Union was far too strong. Slavery will forever be a scar in American history and there may be few positive things that came out of it. In the end, it grew our country into the nation it is today by allowing justice to prevail and set our Constitution strait once and for