Slavery, Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman

The common thread binding ALL enslaved people was...

• they were all in the South

• they all picked cotton

• they had no legal rights

• they didn't know how to read

Which one of these is NOT true?

• Slaves were considered property.

• Slaves were legally allowed to marry.

• It was illegal to teach a slave to read or write.

• Slaves could not gather or worship without permission.

A name that refers to an escaped slave...

• freed man

• fugitive slave

• freedom seeker

• abolitionist

This Freedom Seeker sought help for herself and her children when California was a free state and her owner tried to convince her she would be free in Texas. A judge ruled in her favor and she and her children were freed.

• Eliza Harris

• Ellen Craft

• Harriet Tubman

• Biddy Mason

This freedom seeker escaped because he had befriended his master's dogs and they wouldn't chase him.

• William Craft

• Harry Grimes

• Frederick Douglas

• Robert Lee

This woman was light skinned and disguised herself as a young gentleman who was ill and needed medical treatment. Her husband traveled with her as a slave attending to his "master" and they moved to Boston then England.

• Ellen Craft

• Bridget Mason

• Eliza Harris

• Harriet Tubman

His master's wife began to teach him to read and write, he escaped disguised as a sailor, he became an abolitionist and spoke out for women's rights. He published a book and the newspaper The North Star.

• Frederick Douglass

• Harry Grimes

• William Craft

• Henry Brown

Which of these was not something freedom seekers used to help guide their way?

• Big Dipper

• Moss

• North Star

• posters

He was referred to as the "President of the Underground Railroad" and with his wife's help provided safe haven for over 2000 freedom seekers. All of them reached freedom.

• William Still

• Levi Coffin

• Lewis Hayden

• Catharine Coffin

Harriet Tubman was one of the greatest conductors of all time. Which of these was not a name she was called?

• Araminta Ross

• Moses

• Captain Tubman

• Minty