1. 1. Mr. Jake Miller Cumberland Valley School District
2. 2. What is the Underground Railroad?
3. 3. The goal was to help blacks to free land Goal have a house within a days walk These houses were to be kept secret It Helped Free Blacks
4. 4. Just Like Road Signs
5. 5. But Clues to Keep Secret
6. 6. When did the UR occur?
7. 7. 1793 Fugitive Slave Law enacted Makes it illegal to help slaves 1850 Tougher Fugitive Slave Law Cash to return slaves Prison sentences to those who help 1790 - 1860
8. 8. Why is the Underground Railroad A railroad?
9. 9. Conductor a guide for slaves Passenger a slave escaping Station place for slaves to hide Station Master owner of that place Stockbrokers people who invested in the railroad Terms Used
10. 10. Most famous Conductor Helped 72 slaves on 13 trips One of most imp. Americans for abolitions cause Harriett Tubman
11. 11. From Maryland Beaten as a child by her master Saw visions of God with seizures from it Escaped to Philadelphia when she was 27 Returned to free her family Made it her mission to free more people Tubman - 2
12. 12. Her nickname -- Lady Moses Became involved in womens rights Encouraged John Brown to attack the South with freed slaves Planned attacks on slave owners in Civil War Lived until 91 (died in 1912) Tubman - 3
13. 13. Freed slaves Poor whites Ministers Native Americans Pacifists Wealthy abolitionists Others Who Helped
14. 14. Was the Underground Railroad underground?
15. 15. Underground like digging below the surface? Not really; sometimes, but not really Underground like keeping it on the DL? Yes Yes & No
16. 16. Where was the Underground Railroad?
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18. 18. It is a NE US network
19. 19. Pheasant House, Carlisle
20. 20. Some Would Even Go Underground!
21. 21. Ultimate Goal - Freedom
22. 22. When Israel was in Egypt's land: Let my people go Oppress'd so hard they could not stand, Let my People go. Go down, Moses, Way down in Egypt's land Tell old Pharaoh, Let my people go. Moses
23. 23. When the Sun comes back And the first quail calls Follow the Drinking Gourd. For the old man is a-waiting for to carry you to freedom If you follow the Drinking Gourd. The riverbank makes a very good road. The dead trees will show you the way. Left foot, peg foot, traveling on, Follow the Drinking Gourd. Follow the Drinkin Gourd
24. 24. The river ends between two hills Follow the Drinking Gourd. There's another river on the other side Follow the Drinking Gourd. When the great big river meets the little river Follow the Drinking Gourd. For the old man is a-waiting for to carry you to freedom If you follow the drinking gourd. Follow the Drinkin Gourd
25. 25. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw6N_eTZP2 U Follow The Drinkin Gourd
26. 26. Whites who owned houses Whites & blacks who served as guides 30,000 - 100,000 slaves were freed on the R/R The Historical Impact