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Slaves relied on word of mouth and secret signals to identify safe houses, such as a specific lantern light or a hidden symbol. Underground Railroad conductors also used codes and passwords to communicate the location of safe houses to escaping slaves. Additionally, trusted individuals known as "conductors" would guide the slaves to safety.
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What did slaves call a safe house?
Slaves called a safe house on the Underground Railroad a "station" or a "depot."
What were 4 ways a salve knew a safe house was nearby?
One way: These houses provided runaway slaves with food and shelter on their way to freedom. They were houses of people who did not believe in slavery. These people hang quilts and lit lanterns to show runaway slaves that they will be safe there.
What was different between house and field slaves?
House slaves were treated better than field slaves. Field slaves were worked hard by a (usually cruel) overseer, while house slaves worked inside, out of the heat, under a normally slightly kinder person.
How was the life of the house slaves the same as the field slaves?
House slaves and field slaves both experienced harsh living conditions, long hours of labor, and physical punishment. However, house slaves often had slightly better living conditions and more interaction with their masters, while field slaves typically faced harder physical labor and were subject to harsher discipline.
How did slaves avoid getting lost on the underground railroad?
There was no literal "underground railroad". The name was a nickname for a program that freed slaves. They avoided getting lost by having people at one house they arrived at tell them where to go next if they didn't know. The houses where slaves were helped would have a light or candle in a window at night so they could find safe houses to go to.
What did slaves call a safe house?
Slaves called a safe house on the Underground Railroad a "station" or a "depot."
What is slaves housing?
A safe house is a house that slaves are safe in. An abolitionists usually owned the house and slaves knew it was a safe house by a light in the window! <There were other ways but that was the main one.>
How did slaves on the underground railroad know the stations were safe?
if the slaves seen a lantern on a hitching post in front of a house or a quilt in the window they new they were safe.
What is slave safe house?
A safe house is a house that slaves are safe in. An abolitionists usually owned the house and slaves knew it was a safe house by a light in the window! <There were other ways but that was the main one.>
What was Civil War safe house?
A civil war safe house is a place where slaves hid from the slave hunters.
How wide and small was the hide outs from the slaves in the safe house?
Their Mediam
How did the slaves on the underground railroad know the stations were safe?
my best guess is that the teacher is wanting you to tell them about the special quilts. the home owner would put out as a sign for slaves to know they are going in the right direction and that if a particular home was a underground safe house or no. different patterns would mean different things.
What was the goal of the underground railroad?
It was a safe-house system to smuggle runaway slaves into Canada.
What examples are there in the movie Glory of prejudice between house slaves and field slaves?
I Don't really know?
What are some signals they used on the underground railroad?
a lantern hung outside at nigh on a house was a sign of a safe house for run away slaves and the north star was used to guide slaves north
How did the African American people know that a house was a safe house?
There would be a light in the window of the safe house. There is others but that is the main one.
What did people put on there houses to let slaves know its safe to come in?
they would put a light out
