II. Defiining the underground railroad and its use. A. It was made to aid slaves in escaping to freedom. 1. Abolitionists helped to create the underground railroad becuase they were against slavery and thought it was wrong.( Eastern Illinois University ). Remember - no more than two (2) sentences in a row from the same source! 2. It made it a lot easier for those trying to escape when they had some where to go along the way that was sure to be safe, these hding places could include churches, schools, barns, homes ect. (“Underground Railroad” History.com) 3. Slaves were usually hunted down by there owners becuase of rewards one would recieve for returning the slave to its owner.(“Fugitive Slave Acts”). B. The Underground …show more content…
Conductors were the engines of the train during the underground railroads process. A. Conductors were people who were against slavey and helped free slaves from the states that enabled it. 1. Conductors were against people owning slaves and would use there homes and other forms of shelter slaves from those trying to find them. ( Missete) Remember - no more than two (2) sentences in a row from the same source! 2. Conductors could reach from escaped slaves and abolitionists like John Brown all the way to a Quakers like Levi Coffin. Quakers had religiouse beliefs that were against slavery and therefore some quakers would help slaves.( “Underground Railroad” National ). 3. The Conductors would use communiction and have to trust eachother to make sure that it was safe to send a slave from one place to another during a decided time.(“Underground Railroad” History.com). B. Harriet Tubman was a very famouse conductor of the underground railroad. 1. Tubman helped over 300 slaves achieve thier goal of freedom from slavery. She was surely an activist against slavery and made many trips even after she herself was already free. (Missette ) Remember - no more than two (2) sentences in a row from the same …show more content…
It was a very long journey that had many risks, and laws made it even more difficult. A. Slaves endured many challenges and disifered many codes to aquire freedom. 1. Some of the code the slaves used included using different terms for the people and things included. The conductors and passengers were the people who helped the slaves escape and the slaves themselves as the railroad was the connections of shelters throughout the U.S. The slaves could also find the railroad by decoding the lyrics of music and following to ahouse with lantern lit at a certain time of day. (Missete) 2. Slaves could suffer from starvation and wild animals when travelling from station to station. ( “Underground Railroad” History.com) 3. Slaves could be recaptured and brought back in exchange for cash from the owner Even if she/ he did cross to safety and that it was considered a crime if one helped the slave.(“Fugitive Slave Acts”). B. There were many risks that the slaves took to aquire freedom. 1. Owners would flog, being to beat, there slaves with whips and other implements that resembled a whip. ( “Underground Railroad” History.com ) Remember - no more than two (2) sentences in a row from the same