How did the underground railroad lead to the civil war?

The underground railroad physically resisted the repressive laws that held slaves in bondage, by provoking fear and in anger in the south, and prompting the enactment of harsh legislation that eroded the rights of white Americans, the Underground Railroad was a direct contributing cause of the Civil War.

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