Harriet Tubman & Courage

1. Which of the following best describes Harriet Tubman’s childhood?

• She was born free and went to school.

• She was born free but learned the stories of many slaves

• She was born a slave and forced to work on a plantation.

• She was born a slave but treated very nicely by the overseers.

What was the Underground Railroad?

• a secret network of people who helped slaves escape

• a real train that went from Maryland to Pennsylvania

• a group of people who stopped slaves from escaping

• a large farm where crops were grown under the ground

After she escaped to freedom in the North, Tubman

• stayed in the North and worked in Philadelphia for the rest of her life.

• returned to the South many times to help other slaves escape.

• was caught and thrown in jail for escaping.

• decided she shouldn’t help other slaves because it was illegal.

People who tried to end slavery were called

• overseers

• plantations

• nurses

• abolitionists

How did Tubman find her way to freedom?

• She used maps and compasses

• Her parents showed her the way

• She followed the North Star

• An overseer helped her escape