A difficult and dangerous trip north to Canada became the dream of many slaves seeking freedom. Eventually a rescue route called the Underground Railroad was developed to help these runaways find freedom. But even with this route there were dangers around every corner. This unit study follows the trek of some of these slaves as they fight their way to freedom. With no maps and no clear directions the fugitive slaves would travel on foot through forests, sometimes they would hide in wagons to travel by day and through towns and then there was the waterways where they would wade, swim, raft and ferry across! The Great Lakes divided Upper and Lower Canada (now Ontario and Quebec) with the United States. There were only a few places where the lakes could be crossed. Slave hunters knew this and so they kept an eye on these towns. With the North star as their guide, fugitive slaves headed north, with hopes to find Canada and freedom. Since runaway slaves traveled at night so as to avoid capture, the North star was the easiest guide to follow. But what about cloudy nights when the stars were hidden? Sometimes they had a compass to help them find their way but other times they had to rely on other means of determining which way is north.
the underground railroad started in 1816 and ended in 1856.
It is an estimate that 3,000 people worked on the underground railroad.
yes, North Carolina was part of the underground railroad.
The leader of the underground railroad and served as a spy for the confederacy is no one.
Underground railroad in 1872 by William Still, Published by Porter & Coates, Philadelphia, 1872.
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No it is known as the underground railroad as it was hidden from sight
she freed skaves by helping with the underground railroad and she was an abolitionist
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the underground railroad started in 1816 and ended in 1856.
The underground railroad happened in the 1830
The Underground Railroad was started in the 1810. The Underground Railroad was responsible for helping thousands of slaves find freedom.
There was no underground railroad in other countries. The underground railroad was not a real railroad, but one that was a series of stops that moved escaped slaves north.
I believe that they sang and/or danced, in the underground railroad
Yes, he was the superintendent of the Underground Railroad.
Yes he was a conductor in the Underground Railroad. We read it in the book "The Story of the Underground Railroad" by R. Conrad Stein
The Underground Railroad wasn't an actual railroad; therefore, it didn't have any conductors. Metaphorically, you could consider Harriet Tubman a conductor of the Underground Railroad.