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Why were conductors important to helping slaves reach the North?
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Who were the individuals who would lead the slaves to the north?
Conductors (on the underground railroad) They were: freed slaves Quakers Abolitionists Anti-slavery activists
What did the slave do in the the north?
What did the slaves do in North
Number of runaway slaves that made it to the north?
Over 100,000 slaves made it to the north
Did slaves have to go north or south to get out of a slave state?
The slaves headed to the union so which was in the north.
Why were the actions of one crazy man so important in the growing conflict between north and south?
The actions of this man was important because the people in the North felt that he was a martyr. The man went to Harper's Ferry to get arms for slaves so that the slaves would rise against their masters. However, by doing this, the man was caught and executed.
Who were individuals who would lead the slaves to the north?
The individuals were called conductors.
Who were the individuals who would lead the slaves to the north?
Conductors (on the underground railroad) They were: freed slaves Quakers Abolitionists Anti-slavery activists
What was Harriet Tubman's biggest contribution to the world?
Helping slaves escape to the North and Canada
Who is Susan b . Anthony?
She was a women's suffrage person.Susan B Anthony was an African American woman who freed slaves by going to the south and helping them to the north
Where did the underground rail road take runways?
The conductors guided runaway slaves to the north to where they could live a free life, some slaves even went to Canada to escape the slave owners.
What were the jobs in the underground railroad?
There were station masters, conductors, and passengers. The station master job was to hide the passengers, (slaves) on his property. The conductors job was to take the passenger from station to station. The conductors were sometimes slaves themselves. The passengers were escaped slaves. They sometimes followed their conductors more than 20 miles during the night, when they couldn't be seen. Harriet Tubman was one of the more famous conductors. She made 19 trips in all, and NEVER lost a passenger. Most of the safe houses were in the North, and the people who helped only knew their part in the plan in case of spies.
What was the most important difference by separating the north and the south?
the north is in the upper part and adn the south is in the lower part that's why it's important to separate the north from south my gash
Why was thedore Roosevelt important?
because he was helping North Dakota by building parks
Why was westward expansion such an important issue in the elction of 1844?
it was important because it would decide which states would belong to the "north" and the "south", which was important in deciding the fate of slaves. the north wanted slave free, while the south wanted slaves
What are two reasons why the Underground Railroad was important?
There were several reasons that the Underground Railroad was important in the days before the US Civil War. Firstly it gave hope to slaves who knew about this "passage" out of the slave holding states. In addition to "hope" it provided action in that slaves were assisted by abolitionists in the North and many of the escaped slaves found freedom in British controlled Canada. Another reason it was important was that it gave the common people in the North a way to assist in helping play a role in defeating a small amount of slavery that it did. This is is noted in that that so very often the rich population of the North funded these operations.
Why did southerners in congress insist on the passage of a fugitive slave act?
It is because more and more people in the North where helping slaves escape to the North. Making it easier for slaves to run away... Once in the North many slaves would begin a new life.... and the Southern states had no power to remove a former slaves because there was no laws to protect the property rights of Southern Slave owners...
In the north where slaves were not an important part of the economy slavery was viewed as what?
a necessary evil
