Underground Railroad

What was the underground railroad?

• A railroad that was underground.

• It was apart of the transcontinental railroad.

• An organized network of people working together to help enslaved people get freedom.

• When enslaved people worked underground on a railroad.

Where were enslaved people running to?

• The North

• Spain

• Mexico

• Texas

How did enslaved people know where to go throughout the night?

• They had a GPS.

• They were told to follow the North Star.

• They knew how many steps to walk.

• They would follow the clouds.

People who helped enslaved people along the way in the underground railroad were called...

• Conductors

• Operators

• Passangers

• Cabooses

How did Henry escape to freedom?

• Harriet Tubman helped him get there.

• He bought his freedom.

• His wife and kids took him to freedom.

• He mailed himself up North.

True or False: Life was easy when once enslaved people escaped to the North

• True

• False

About how many people escaped to freedom?

• 10-100

• 1,000,000

• 40,000-100,000

• 10,0000

What is an abolitionist?

• Children born into slavery

• People who thought slavery was wrong.

• People who sold others into slavery

• People who drove wagons on the plantation

One of the most famous conductors of the Underground Railroad....

• Mary Lincoln

• Sally Lucille Brown

• Harriet Tubman

• Samantha Willett

Which area of the United States got the most Underground railroad activity?

• West

• Southeast

• Northeast

• SOuth