Underground Railroad: THESIS: The underground railroad was an exchange of peoples, that, throughout its history during slavery, constituted a growing sense of hope for African Americans that slavery was an institution that was fading away in the american culture with the growing sectionalism of America. MAKE IT AN ALTHOUGH THESIS Although the underground railroad can be seen as a mere network of houses that hardly helped runaway slaves, it gave to the slaves who dreamt of being free, created
INTRODUCTION AMERICAN LITERATURE American literature is the literature written or produced in the area of the United States and its preceding colonies. During its early history America was a series of British colonies on the eastern coast of the present day United States. Therefore it is literary tradition of English literature. However, unique American characteristics and the breadth of its production usually now cause it to be considered a separate path and tradition. The New England colonies