Underground Railroad. What was it? O Network of secret routes and safe houses O Used to help...
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Underground Railroad. What was it? O Network of secret routes and safe houses O Used to help African-Americans go north (free states and Canada) O Slaves
What was it? O Network of secret routes and safe houses O Used
to help African-Americans go north (free states and Canada) O
Slaves wanted to escape slavery in the South O Not underground nor
a railroad
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How many escaped O About 100,000 between 1810 and 1850
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How did they make it? O Traveled at night O Used disguises O
Followed the North Star O Not many made the journey due to the
dangers
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Who helped on the railroad? O Free slaves- Frederick Douglas O
White abolitionists- one who tries to end slavery O Philanthropists
O Quakers
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Key Terminology O Stations: homes and businesses that harbored
runaway slaves O Stationmaster: owned the stations O Conductor:
moved the fugitives from one station to another O Stockholders:
contributed money and goods
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Harriet Tubman? O Most famous conductor O Former slave who
returned 19 times to bring slaves to freedom O Brought more than
300 slaves to freedom
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Consequences? O Those who helped runaways fined thousands of
dollars O More dangerous if caught helping slaves escape while in a
slave state O Prison, whipping, hanging, burning O White men
received harsher punishments than white women
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Why did people help? O North didnt believe in slavery O Wanted
to stop the spreading of slavery O Willing to risk death for
beliefs
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Negative Impacts? O Used to bring escaped slaves back into
slavery O Black men/women kidnapped and hidden in homes/barns until
they were sold as slaves O Oftentimes free African-Americans got
sold into slavery
