What Was the Underground Railroad questions
Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Civil Rights Movement advocate and leader; January 15, 1929; "I have a dream"; born in Atlanta, Georgia; Assassinated April 4, 1968 in Tennessee
What happened November 7, 1850?
Ellen and William married before leaving United States
Who was the most famous conductor?
Harriet Tubman
What happened if the baby Harriet was watching cried in the middle of the night?
Harriet was whipped
Who was inside the Box cost on to the steamboat in March of 1849?
Henry Brown
What did the abolitionists call the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
"Bloodhound Law"
What was Harriet Tubman's nickname?
"Minty"
What did Ellen call herself?
"Mr. Johnson"
How much was made for hunting escaped slaves?
$600
When did the first slaves come to America?
1619 Jamestown, Virginia; 20 people kidnapped from their West African homes
When did the Civil War start?
1861
When did the Civil War end?
1865
How much cotton were the slaves required to pick each day?
200 pounds
How long did Henry travel in the box?
26 hours
What started in 1833?
American anti-slavery Society
When did Harriet Tubman die?
March 10, 1913
What was this method of travel known as?
Underground Railroad
What happened in 1965?
Voting Rights Act
Who was the leader of the Abolitionist Movement?
William Lloyd Garrison
Who gave Harriet Tubman money to help her with the Underground Railroad?
abolitionists
When was Harriet Tubman born?
around 1820 in Maryland
What was tight loading?
as many slaves as possible were loaded onto the ship
Why did Harriet hide in a pig pen?
avoid a whipping for sneaking a taste of sugar
What did the slaves have to use for a bathroom on the ship?
bucket
How did Caroline escape when the slave catchers came to the Daughertys' house?
climbing out through a potato chute
What was Harriet Tubman the first woman to do in June of 1863?
command an army raid
Why did some slaves jump overboard or not eat?
conditions were so terrible
What was the biggest crop in the 1800s?
cotton
What did the United States do in 1808?
end the slave trade; no more were brought to America
Why did the South need slaves?
free labor to work on farms and plantations
What was worth the risk of being caught?
freedom
Why did John Rankin raise the lantern to the top of the pole in his front yard?
help show slaves the way and they could stop for food, shelter and clothing
Why was Thomas Garrett fined $5,400 in 1848?
hiding escaped slaves
Why did Harriet have headaches and sleeping spells?
hit her in the head with an iron weight by an overseer
What was segregation?
keep apart or separate
What would field slaves on a cotton plantation do at the end of each day?
line up while cotton was weighed
What are the two ways that ship captains would load slaves for trips to America?
loose and tight packing
How many slaves were in the United States by 1860?
nearly 4 million
What was the Underground Railroad?
not an actual railroad; route slaves used to escape to freedom
What did Ellen and William Craft return to Georgia to do after the Civil War?
opened a school for poor people
What were conductors?
people that helped slaves escape
What was one type of punishment used?
pillory
What was loose loading?
plenty of space for slaves
How did Caroline escape the Daugherty's?
potato chute
What did Henry do to stay home from work?
poured acid on his hand
How did John Fairfield, a famous conductor, often help slaves escape?
pretend to be a slave owner
What were slaves considered?
property; not human
What happened to Jonathan Walker in 1844?
put red hot iron press into palm for helping eight slaves escape; SS for slave stealer
What did Harriet give the Quaker woman that helped her?
quilt she had made
What was the biggest crop in the 1700s?
rice and indigo
What would happen if they were caught?
sent back and severely punished
What was a slave's secret way to let friends know of a plan to escape?
singing particular songs while working in the fields
Who was Henry Brown?
slave escaping Virginia
Why was Henry Brown going?
slavery was illegal there; remained free as long as not caught
What was the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
slaves caught must return to master
What was one result of a slave-ship captain loose-packing his ship?
slaves were less likely to become sick and would bring a better price
What often happened to slave families?
sold to separate people; split up
What angered Ellen Craft during the trip on the steamboat?
some passengers felt William was spoiled when he ate from her plate
Who were the Quakers?
started in England in 1648; abolitionists and equality
How long did the children work each day?
sunrise to sunset
Why did many slaves try to escape in the winter?
they got time off for holidays and it would be several days before they were missed
What was the dream of each slave?
to be free
What was the biggest crop in the 1600s?
tobacco
What was the Middle Passage?
trip from Africa across the Atlantic Ocean to bring slaves
How many United States presidents had slaves?
twelve
What age did children start working?
twelve
What were some of the things slaves were not allowed to do?
vote, go to school, read, write, and own anything
Who were the abolitionists?
wanted an immediate end to slavery
When Minty was a little girl what did her master hire her out to do?
watched baby at night and keep the baby from crying
What happened if the slaves did something wrong or made a mistake?
whipped or beaten
What made Henry Brown decide to be mailed in a box to Philadelphia?
wife and children were sold to a new master living in another state
What were slaves used for in the south?
work to tend crops for free
Who told slave catchers where to find Caroline Quarlls?
Barber, once a slave himself, who had offered her a place to stay
Where was slavery not allowed in 1787?
Northwest Territory
Where was Henry Brown going?
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania