Slave Rebellions and Underground Railroad

Underground Rail road

By Mrs.Zaravar

Segregation

This was hard for slaves they where forced to do hard work from their skin color. Even today this is going on in many places.

This is the Underground Railroad where blacks went to escape.

Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery when she was 28 years old. She eventually made about 19 trips to the south. Harriet Tubman led hundreds of enslaved African Americans to freedom on the UnderGround Railroad.

Fun Facts

• The Underground Railroad was a network of people, African American as well as white, offering shelter and aid to escaped enslaved people

• In the early 1800s, Quaker abolitionist Isaac T. Hopper set up a network in Philadelphia that helped enslaved people on the run.

Fill in the Blank

Who was the first African American to escape and go into the Railroad?