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?

Henry Brown was escaping from ________.

Slavery was illegal in the state of ____________.

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

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

Escaped slaves fled to free states and ______ any way they could.

Whites and other blacks that helped the runaway slaves were called __________.

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.