Underground Railroad

What was the Underground Railroad?

• was a secret network that helped people travel around

• was a secret network that helped people runaway from slavery at the South

• was a secret network that helped people from the north escape of slavery

How does the underground railroad work?

• Every weekend people have meetings for escaping

• You payed an amount of money and settlers take you to the North

• They used a secret language to keep others from learning about their work

How was slavery in the South?

• Most enslaved person worked 14 hours a day

• They were treated as kings and queens

• People caught escaping they were whipped, punish

Who were the conductors and stationmasters risking their lives to help others?

• ordinary farmers and shopkeepers.

• ministers and merchants.

• people of African descent. 

• all answers are correct

Who was Harriet Tubman?

•  She made 19 successful trips back to Maryland to lead others to freedom.

• She was named Moses because she took out people from slavery

• She was the major spanish settler that punished african people

How were the underground railroads?

• These routes were dirt trails or paths through woods, over fields, and across rivers and swamps.

• Routes were beautiful plain paths through the woods