The Underground Railroad

This was a system of secret routes and safe houses that slaves used to escape.

• The Underground Railroad

• The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

• The Great Migration

• The Harlem Renaissance

Who wrote a book that included interviews and stories of escaped slaves called The Underground Railroad Records.

• William Still

• Samuel Burris

• Thomas Garrett

• Harriet Tubman

He was forced to sell everything he had because he was caught helping fugitive slaves.

• William Still

• Frederick Douglass

• Thomas Garrett

• Robert Purvis

This person made over 17 trips into the slave south to help lead slaves to freedom using the Underground Railroad.

• Harriet Tubman

• John Fairfield

• Frederick Douglass

• Williams Still

This abolitionist was almost sold into slavery after being caught helping fugitive slaves.

• William Still

• Samuel Burris

• Harriet Tubman

• John Fairfield

This person escaped slavery and taught himself how to read and write. They later became an abolitionist and civil right activist.

• Harriet Tubman

• Frederick Douglass

• Robert Purvis

• Thomas Garrett

The abolitionist went undercover as a slave trader to help slaves escape.

• Frederick Douglass

• William Still

• John Fairfield

• Samuel Burris

Which law made it illegal to help escaped slaves and required any escaped slaves to return to their owners?

• The Civil War

• The Slave Trade

• The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

• Jim Crow Laws