Civil Rights and Race Relations of York Quizizz

True or False: Runaway slaves were safe from recapture once they crossed the Mason Dixon Line.

• True
• False

If a slave ran away on the Underground Railroad, where would a runaway slave have to reach in order to truly be free?

• Canada

• Pennsylvania

• New York

• Lancaster

True or False: There was an actual underground railroad under the soil that could transport a slave the entire way from Georgia to Canada.

• True

• False

Who was the main York conductor (the most helpful Yorker) on the Underground Railroad?

• William Goodridge
• William Whipper
• Thaddeus Stevens
• William Parker

Which of the following businesses was Yorker William Goodridge NOT involved in?

• He owned a set of railroad cars.
• He owned a hotel on Center Square.
• He owned a candy shop.
• He owned a shoe factory.

At what location would bounty hunters post themselves in order to have the best chance possible to catch fugitive slaves in York County?

• The town market
• At the courthouse
• Right on the Mason-Dixon line
• At the Wrightsville-Columbia Bridge

Who was one of the Columbia lumber company owners that would use his boats and his savings to transport runaway slaves across the Susquehanna River?

• William Whipper

• Edward Gorsuch

• William Goodridge

• Thaddeus Stevens

Who was the Lancaster House of Representatives member and important Lancaster helper on the Underground Railroad?

• Thaddeus Stevens
• William Whipper
• Abraham Hiestand
• William Goodridge

Who was the runaway slave from Maryland that dedicated the rest of his life to protecting fellow fugitive slaves in Christiana?

• William Parker
• William Goodridge
• William Whipper
• William Wright

What is the name of the Maryland slave-owner that came up to Christiana in order to find his four fugitive slaves?

• Edward Gorsuch
• Thomas Cresap
• John Digges
• James Smith