Underground Railroad in North Carolina

An abolitionist is someone who is against the institution of slavery.

• True

• False

What was the name of the first abolitionist newspaper in North Carolina?

• The Greensboro Liberator

• The Raleigh Emancipator

• The Greensborough Patriot

• The Raleigh Patriot

Answer explanation

The Greensborough Patriot was the first abolitionist newspaper in North Carolina.

What mountain range in North Carolina did Harriet Tubman pass through when traveling the Underground Railroad?

• The Great Smoky Mountains

• The Blue Ridge Mountains

• The Catskills

• The Rocky Mountains

What was the name of the first abolitionist society in North Carolina?

• The Freedom Society

• The Mission Society

• The Liberator Society

• The Manumission Society

Which county in North Carolina had important stations founded by the Coffin family?

• Buncombe County

• Polk County

• Guilford County

• Mecklenburg County

What was the name of the area in North Carolina where people could be boarded onto ships and taken to freedom in the North or in Canada?

• The Great Dismal Swamp

• The Big North Carolina Swamp

• The Alligator Swamp

• The Great Cypress Swamp

Which family helped created important stations on the Underground Railroad in North Carolina?

• The Vanderbilts

• The Coffins

• The Boones

• The Ashes

What was the PRIMARY reason various escaped slaves stayed in the Great Dismal Swamp and lived there?

• They got tired and just stopped in the Swamp.

• They had access to water.

• They had access to food.

• They were less likely to be found by slave catchers.

According to the map of Underground Railroad routes, the only route in North Carolina was in the eastern part of the state, near the ocean.

• True

• False

During the Underground Railroad, slavery was illegal in North Carolina.

• True

• False