Underground+Railroad

Use the following questions to put together a summary of this information. (Yes, you need to write a summary.)

__Stories of Escape__ 1. What motivated people to want to escape? 2. What was the most dangerous part of escape? 3. What question would you have wanted to ask an escaped slave if you could have spoken to him or her?

__Major Routes of the Underground Railroad__ 4. If a Georgia slave wanted to escape, what was the most likely route he/she would have taken? 5. Why did Ohio have many routes on the Underground Railroad?

__Agents and Friends of the Underground Railroad__ 6. ? was one of the most famous conductors on the Underground Railroad. She led over ? slaves to freedom and her code name was ? . She had once been a slave in the state of ? but escaped when she was ? . With courage and perseverance, she kept returning to the South to help others escape. An interesting fact about her is that she ? .

7. Frederick Douglass was another escaped slave who started the first ? . It was called ? .

8. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a famous novel called ? about a slave who ? . It was a best seller all over the world. It made people think about the cruelties of ? .

9. ? routes of the Underground Railroad met in Newport, Indiana where ? and his wife ran a store and helped over ? slaves reach freedom.

10. ? was a white woman who started an Anti-Slavery Society and spoke out against slavery.

__Secrets and Dangers__ Classwork on Tuesday - Write your questions for homework