Underground Railroad & Abolition

Grew up on a plantation with slaves but came to realize the evil of slavery and spoke out against it and wrote a pamphlet arguing the Bible taught slavery was wrong.

• Harriet Tubman

• Grimke Sisters

• Fredrick Douglass

• Sojourner Truth

Escaped slavery and became a speaker for the abolition and women's rights movement. She gave the famous speech, "Ain't I a Woman."

• Harriet Tubman

• Grimke Sisters

• Lucretia Mott

• Sojourner Truth

Was a slave until he ran away. Wrote an anti-slavery paper called the "North Star" and gave speeches about his experience in slavery.

• Frederick Douglass

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Levi Coffin

• William Still

Abolitionist who started the Anti-Slavery Society. Wrote an anti-slavery paper called the "Liberator."

• Frederick Douglass

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Levi Coffin

• Sojourner Truth

Was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad who rescued over 300 slaves.

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

• William Still

• Sojourner Truth

Was born into freedom to a mother who had escaped slavery and was one of the key figures in the Underground Railroad, not only helping slaves reach freedom but also keeping detailed records.

• Henry Brown

• William Still

• Levi Coffin

• Sojourner Truth

Helped many slaves escape to freedom by hiding them in his house in Indiana.

• Henry Brown

• William Still

• Levi Coffin

• Fredrick Douglass

Made one of the most famous escapes from slavery of all time when he was mailed to freedom. He shared his story all over the north.

• Henry Brown

• William Still

• Dred Scott

• Fredrick Douglass

He chose not to escape to freedom but rather sued for freedom because he had been held as a slave in free territory.

• Dred Scott

• William Still

• Jane Johnson

• Levi Coffin

Choose all that apply: Which of the following was true about the Underground Railroad?

• It was a network of people who helped slaves escape

• "Conductors" helped people escape to freedom

• It included the first ever underground train.

• Slaves knew exactly who to find to start their journey on it.

• It become more popular after it was made illegal to help slaves runaway