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Which abolitionist group was based in Philadelphia to aid the Underground Railroad?
The Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, founded in 1833, was a prominent abolitionist group based in Philadelphia that played a significant role in aiding the Underground Railroad. This organization worked to promote the cause of abolition and provided support for escaped slaves seeking freedom. Its members were actively involved in organizing safe houses and routes for fugitive slaves traveling north. The society's efforts contributed to the larger national movement against slavery in the United States.
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The abolitionist movement in the Kansas Territory was based in what town?
Lawrence
When slaves escaped how did they find their way?
Escaping slaves were often helped by volunteers in an organization known as the Underground Railroad (a metaphorical name; there was no actual railroad involved). Aside from that, escaping slaves just had to go north to get out of the slave holding states, so as navigational problems go it was fairly simple. It is possible to determine which way is north by examining the stars; the Big Dipper (also known during this era as the Drinking Gourd, based on African tradition) is in the north. There is a charming folk song from this era, Follow The Drinking Gourd.
Where was the last spike of transcontinental railroad?
In the US, the dream of a coast to coast railway began early in the 19th century. The Gadsden Purchase of 1853 from Mexico was based on the idea that from New Orleans, the railroad would reach California. As it happened, the US Civil War stopped any progress on the railroad. But in 1869, the so-called Golden Spike was hammered down at Promontory Point, Utah.
Which plan of government offered at the philadelphia convention would small states probably support?
The Virginia plan! It said that representation in Congress would be based on population.
What is the African or Underground Railroad quilt code?
Answer:The African quilt code is another name for the "Underground Railroad Quilt Code," a method of using icons placed on quilts as signposts for travelers on this pathway. There has a varying degree of of belief in this concept among historians. Some have presented this as a myth being propagated by creative writers. A recently published book written in 2009 entitled "The Content of Their Character, the History of an Antique Quilt and the African American Family That made it" may provide some assistance. It reveals a readily translatable code on a quilt made in 1887 by former escaped slaves. The history of these slaves is well documented as far back as 1830. The author has kept the quilt in excellent condition and loans it out to museums for review of this code on site. This recent work now puts the quilt code in a frame of reference will perhaps make it more worthy of acceptance.Although the "code" is part of many families' oral tradition, there are at least 15 contradictory stories about the various meanings (some involving patterns that weren't designed until the 1930s), no one has yet identified an ancestor who used the code to move North.The earliest known mention of the "quilt code" comes from a documentary on women's studies from 1987. There have been several fictionalized accounts of this code, such as in the 1993 children's book Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, by Deborah Hopkinson (a white woman).Oprah Winfrey helped popularize another book, Hidden in Plain View, by Jacqueline Tobin, based on Tobin's interviews with an older woman, Ozella Williams, whose family ran a thriving cottage industry selling quilt kits, and used tales of the "code" as a marketing tool. The book was published after Williams' death, so the stories can't be verified.Although no historian has ever documented an "Underground Railroad Quilt Code," the myth is sometimes taught as fact to elementary and middle-school students.Answer:The wagon wheel quilt was supposed to mean the slave should pack their belongings and get ready for the long journey ahead.I assume you are talking about the information contained in the book Hidden in Plain View. Please be aware that most quilting historians and Underground Railroad historians agree that there is no evidence to support the book. While slaves certainly made quilts, it's unlikely that they were used in the method suggested in this book.There's an excellent book on the subject by Barbara Brackman (a noted quilt historian), titled Facts and Fabrications. You can also search online for "underground railroad quilt myth" and find extensive information.Despite the fact that even our schools have bought into the idea of quilts as a secret code, it has no basis in truth and undermines the accomplishments of escaping slaves and others who participated in the Underground Railroad.
The abolitionist movement in the Kansas Territory was based in what town?
Lawrence
What was the California-based railroad headed by Leland Stanford?
The Central Pacific Railroad.
Where are the Philadelphia Eagles located?
The Philadelphia Eagles are based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Which is not a railroad in the game of monopoly?
The Short Line is said to refer to the Shore Fast Line, an interurban electric streetcar. However, there was an actual railroad, the Wildwood and Delaware Bay Short Line Railroad, which merged with the Atlantic City Railroad in 1934. ACRR was a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines, which served the New Jersey coast. The other railroads were also based on existing ones in the area of Atlantic City, NJ in the 1930s: The Reading Railroad began as the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad in 1833. The Pennsylvania Railroad was founded in 1846. The B&O Railroad was the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, now part of CSX. (It did not actually serve Atlantic City.)
What is the penalty for not stopping prior to the railroad crossing?
You will be deported to Canada based on the State Department Law of Historical Railroad Protection.
What was The name of the railroad that brought settlers to North Dakota?
The railroad had a huge affect on the settlement of North Dakota the location of most towns in North Dakota was based on where the railroad tracks were going to be laid
The california based railroad company headed by Leland Stanford that employed chinese laborers in building lines across the mountains?
The Central Pacific Railroad.
Was Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois an abolitionist?
Senator Stephen A. Douglas was not an abolitionist. He thought that the slavery debate would never be resolved peacefully in its current form. So he proposed that each new state, before it applied for statehood, should be allowed to vote on whether to be slave or free. The result was the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act. This was based on his belief in popular sovereignty. Douglas was a nationally known leader who also hoped the transcontinental railroad would start from Chicago, Illinois, his home state.
Which town is boy meets boys based?
philadelphia
The California based railroad comapany headed by leland Stanford that employed Chinese laborers in building lines across the mountains?
The Central Pacific Railroad used Chinese laborers in building the first transcontinental railroad over the mountain.
What are the best west Philadelphia apartments that are not income based?
http://www.rent.com and http://www.apartments.com will help you find the best non-income based apartments for rent in west Philadelphia.
If a railroad worker had worked under Social Security before becoming a Railroad worker can they also receive Social Security benefits?
They can but that person's Railroad Retirement is going to be reduced. Here is a link to the Railroad Retirement Board's website that explains all the details about Railroad Retirement and Social Security Benefits. The tier I portion of a railroad retirement annuity is based on both railroad retirement and nonrailroad social security credits acquired by an employee and reflects what social security would pay if railroad work were covered by social security. Tier I benefits are, therefore, reduced by the amount of any actual social security benefit paid on the basis of nonrailroad employment, in order to prevent a duplication of benefits based on the same earnings. .
