Underground to Canada by. Barbara Smucker Ch. 1-3

The Fugitive Slave Act, passed in the United States in 1850, increased the number of enslaved Black people escaping to Canada because...

• it allowed slave owners to recapture slaves who had escaped to free northern states.

• it allowed slave owners to recapture slaves who had escaped to Canada.

• it allowed safe and free passage to Canada.

• it allowed all people to immigrate to Canada.

Spirituals sung by enslaved Black people in the United States were...

• not important and just for fun.

• written by the slave owners for them to sing.

• for the entertainment of the slave owners.

• often coded with directions for an escape to Canada disguised as song lyrics.

To escape to Canada enslaved Black people used...

• compasses that were stolen from slave owners.

• the stars, particularly the north star.

• the train.

• roads and highways.

What are the enslaved Black people on Massa Hensen's plantation worried about?

• Being separated.

• Being sold to a harsher plantation owner.

• A slave trader coming from the "deep south."

• All of the Above

What is Julilly short for?

(a)  

Why did Massa Henson not like when he heard Mammy Sally and other slaves singing?

What did the enslaved Black people eat for breakfast at the Henson plantation?

• Hoecakes, Grits and Tea

• Hoecakes, grease, and water

• Hoecakes, and water

• Buttermilk, Hoecakes, and Sowbelly

Why is the fat man at the Henson plantation?

• To wake up the Slaves

• To trade his slaves

• To buy slaves

• To whip slaves

What did the fat man do to Julilly that reminded her of Old John with his horse?

• Stuck a finger in her mouth to look at her teeth and pushed back her eyelids to look at her eyes

• Made her pull the cart

• Whipped her

• Treated baby Willie like an animal

How many grown men are taken from the Henson plantation?

• 2

• 3

• 1

• 4