Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Thursday, December 13, 2007 The Underground Railroad

1. How did the slaves that did not run away fight slavery?

work slowdowns, sabotage, and “sickness.”

2. Who was the "Black Moses" and what did she do?

Harriet Tubman, a former slave who ran away from a nearby plantation in 1849 but returns to rescue hundereds of others.

3. What did the "hitching post" mean?

a safe house.

4. Who was Thomas Garret?

a Quaker businessman

5. Who was William Still?

a successful, confident merchant and a leader in the fight against slavery.

6. What two people might you meet in Rochester?

Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony.

7. What did the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 allow?

allowed slave owners to hunt for runaways anywhere in the country,and whom ever was caught hiding runaways was to be fined.

8. What are the new challenges you face in Canada?

finding a home, making a living, adjusting to a new place