Underground Railroad

In the story, "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" it says, " She discovered that freedom meant more than the right to keep the money that one earned. It was the right to vote and to sit on juries"(138). Through all the actions of Harriet Tubman, Thomas Garrett, and Ellen Craft they all portray and relate to freedom and sacrifice which is illustrated by the quote, "We got to go free or die. And freedom's not bought with dust." Harriet Tubman shows a lot of sacrifice and…

The Van Hiele Theory applies to the article “Freedom Quilts and the Underground Railroad.” The three level of Van Hiele are used in the Freedom Quilt Activity. These three levels are recognizing figures by their appearance, recognizing/analyzing figures by their properties or components, and forming abstract definitions and classifying figures by their elaborating on their interrelationships. Students will be scaffolding as they are analyzing the shapes. At the second part of the activity, the…

Taking the Underground Railroad Above Ground The world is often viewed as an ever changing environment, however, history is known to repeat itself. African slaves in America, seeking better opportunities, cast off their literal shackles of oppression and fled to states that would provide them with a better quality of life. These slaves often utilized a system known as the underground railroad, as a transit way to a better life. While the railways African slaves utilized were not railroads in…

between the two, how? Since both the North and South had different views on the matter, they sometimes took extreme measures, good and bad. The Underground Railroad had a beneficial entity, located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Helping African Americans who were once slaves, to escape to freedom. Ironically though it wasn’t a railroad, neither was it underground, but were various routes, lines, and paths. Many white abolitionists were able to help in the escaping of slaves, such as Harriet Beecher…

The escape of a slave to a free state was known as a free runaway, the route taken by those slaves to freedom, were underground, planned and protected by slaves and free black and white men. Described to be known as runaway railroads, freeing slaves before the creation of the Underground Railroad. As stated previously in this paper, the accomplishment of the Underground Railroad laid on the collaboration of previous runaway slaves, free-conceived blacks, Native Americans, and white and dark…

slavery, or to make their best attempt at freedom. Although many chose to give up in the mere idea, the slaves who chose escaped found freedom using the Underground Railroad. In the time of slavery, the Underground Railroad was a secret system known to help the slaves escape the cruel treatment of their owners. The success of the Underground Railroad was made…

Underground Railroad, and the members of the church helped the slaves (53). Coffin explains in his article “The Underground Railroad” how, *incidentally, as the runaway slaves rested from their long journey to get to the Underground Railroad, the others made sure the transportations’ ready to go for the next journey. The travel time took up from twenty to thirty miles to arrive (2). Many of the whites feared the punishment they would have to face was too much of a risk. Many whites wanted to…

many people may believe, the Underground Railroad was not a railroad, nor was it actually underground. It obtained its name from the process in which it ensued. It used railway terms and was done with many disguises, as well as gave the people involved names like “conductors”. The time of slavery is a time that can now be considered a time of darkness in American history, and it completely abolished the reputation of the white man to African men. The Underground Railroad was a network that…

Negatively and Positively, the Underground Railroad shaped the environment of slavery during the eighteen-hundreds. Laws and risks gave off a bad vibe in trying to escape, but the top secrecy and the devotion the conductors gave to the fugitives over bared the risks. Fearfully, many abolitionist and fugitives broke laws and were on the path to death if caught escaping. Eric Froner described how Frederick Douglass had to be aware of officers and police monitoring fugitives, “At every ferry a…

Underground Railroad: Escaping the Ugly Truth When learning about slavery, lessons often gloss over the ugly truth and explicit facts to spare feelings, as the frank realities trouble all who encounter it; however, what they tell us is only part of the truth. Is it because we cannot swallow it, or that they hope to sweep the history under the rug? While many band aids cover the cracks and damage done by slavery, it can not make the scars disappear, as the pain lives on everyday in the ancestors…