TN Week 22 Weekly Reader- Slavery and Abolition

What is an abolitionist?

• a person who uses enslaved workers

• a candidate for the Republican Party

• a person who fought in the Civil War

• one who fights against slavery

"I'd like to see the immediate emancipation of all slaves. Set 'em free!" What does the word emancipation mean in this sentence?

• becoming an abolitionist

• being released for plantation owners and granted freedom

• a government document that deals with rights

• to keep slaves but pay them a fair wage

The Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery was a group that ___________.

• helped young African Americans find jobs and get educations

• was started by Sojourner Truth

• helped pay for food for slaves

• supported plantation owners who lost their slaves

Who inspired William Lloyd Garrison to publish the newspaper called the Liberator?

• Sojouner Truth

• Fredrick Douglass

• David Walker

• Harriet Tubman

Which statement best describes the Underground Railroad?

• a network of southerners that were trying to free northern slaves

• the railroad system that was built in the South to move slaves around

• a subway system that is completely underground

• a system of roads, safe houses and helpers used to get slaves safely to freedom

Which of the following is not a word associated with the roles that people took in being a part of the Underground Railroad?

• conductor

• delivery man

• shareholder

• station master

True or False: The law made it illegal to help slaves escape from the South even if they were caught in slave free territories.

• True

• False

William Lloyd Garrison wrote a song called, "I am an Abolitionist." He wrote words to the same tune as that famous old New Year's Eve song.

• True

• False

Fredrick Douglass was born a slave but escaped.

• True

• False

Although Fredrick Douglass was never educated, he was an amazing writer.

• True

• False