What Was the Underground Railroad? Intro & Ch 1

What was in the big wooden box being loaded on a steamboat?

• ammunition for the war

• a real live men

• chickens

• food and water

What was the name of the man hiding in the box?

(a)  

Henry Brown was escaping from (a)   .

Slavery was illegal in the state of (a)   .

The ___________ ________ was not an actual railroad with tracks and passenger cars.

(a)  

The Underground Railroad was the ______ _____ African American slaves took to reach freedom.

(a)  

Escaped slaves fled to free states and (a)   any way they could.

Whites and other blacks that helped the runaway slaves were called (a)   .

If caught, the slaves would be returned to their owners and severely punished, but freedom was worth the risk to them.

• True

• False

In 1619, a ship brought about twenty people who had been kidnapped from their homes in ____ _______ and this marked the beginning of slavery in America.

(a)