The Underground Railroad
The “underground railroad” was an arrangement of houses and abolitionists who hid runaway slaves on their quest for freedom to Canada, before the civil war. Harriet Tubman, William Still, and Thomas Garrett played major roles in the railroad, from the formation to the operation of the railroad. Harriet Tubman was a conductor on the railroad, who would personally take trips south, and escort them the entire way to freedom. William Still was a conductor at the grand station, who kept extensive records of all slaves that he helped. Thomas Garrett was a Quaker abolitionist, whose house was the last stop on the freedom line. He helped over two thousand seven hundred slaves on their search for freedom. (http://www.whispersofangels.com/biographies.html). Despite the extensive punishments they faced for breaking this law, which included large fines and jail time, all three of them assisted thousands of slaves in search of a better life.
Harriet Tubman was the most legendary conductor of the underground railroad, nicknamed, “the black Joan of Arc”. Research suggests that on her over nineteen separate trips, she personally escorted over three-hundred slaves to freedom. (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1535.html). This treacherous trip included
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On her journeys she carried a gun in case the slaves wanted to stop and go back she would threaten to shoot. (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1535.html). Harriet had a one hundred percent success rate on all of her trips taking slaves north, including her own escape, becoming a legend to slaves. She had help from several station masters such as Thomas Garrett and others on her journeys. (http://www.whispersofangels.com/biographies.html). As shown Harriet Tubman was an extremely important figure in the underground
The “underground railroad” was an arrangement of houses and abolitionists who hid runaway slaves on their quest for freedom to Canada, before the civil war. Harriet Tubman, William Still, and Thomas Garrett played major roles in the railroad, from the formation to the operation of the railroad. Harriet Tubman was a conductor on the railroad, who would personally take trips south, and escort them the entire way to freedom. William Still was a conductor at the grand station, who kept extensive records of all slaves that he helped. Thomas Garrett was a Quaker abolitionist, whose house was the last stop on the freedom line. He helped over two thousand seven hundred slaves on their search for freedom. (http://www.whispersofangels.com/biographies.html). Despite the extensive punishments they faced for breaking this law, which included large fines and jail time, all three of them assisted thousands of slaves in search of a better life.
Harriet Tubman was the most legendary conductor of the underground railroad, nicknamed, “the black Joan of Arc”. Research suggests that on her over nineteen separate trips, she personally escorted over three-hundred slaves to freedom. (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1535.html). This treacherous trip included
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On her journeys she carried a gun in case the slaves wanted to stop and go back she would threaten to shoot. (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1535.html). Harriet had a one hundred percent success rate on all of her trips taking slaves north, including her own escape, becoming a legend to slaves. She had help from several station masters such as Thomas Garrett and others on her journeys. (http://www.whispersofangels.com/biographies.html). As shown Harriet Tubman was an extremely important figure in the underground