Underground Railroad

However, Nebraska was not yet a state and if they joined they would be considered a free state because slavery had been outlawed. Senator Steven Douglas wanted Nebraska and Kansas as states so a railroad could be built to bind all the states together. For these reasons, Steven pushed for the approval of the Kansas-Nebraska act in 1854. The Kansas-Nebraska act allowed white citizens to vote in favor of slavery or against it, this was also known as…

Frederick Douglass was a slave and abolitionist. He traveled the underground railroad to escape slavery. After he had run away from his owner he became free when he left the south and entered the north. Frederick Douglass was taught how to read and how to write by his owners wife. Throughout his life he wrote stories about his slavery life, he was a very interesting man. The stories were very difficult stories because he wrote about the bad things in his life. In his speeches he was involved in…

abolitionists actively helped runaway slaves escape by the Underground Railroad, and there were times where men, even lawmen, were sent to retrieve runaways. Some of these men were attacked and beaten by abolitionist mobs. To slave holding states, this meant Northerners wanted to choose which parts of the Constitution they would enforce, while expecting the South to honor the entire document. One of the most famous activists of the Underground Railroad was Harriet Tubman, a nurse and spy in the…

Harriet Tubman was a woman who escaped slavery in the South and helped other slaves escape too. Harriet was born in 1820 in Dorchester County, Maryland. Her birth name was Araminta Ross. Harriet had no education. Harriet couldn’t attend college because she was a slave and slave owners didn’t allow slaves to go to college. The thought of them becoming too smart and escaping is why they couldn’t go to school. They didn’t like the fact that they were going to get an education. Harriet escaped…

The role of women has been downplayed by many historians and scholars alike. In a time where women had little voice in society, and blacks had even less; a phenomenal women steps out the midst to become a leading factor in the abolitionist movement. Harriet Tubman was born into slavery, but would die a national hero. The life of Harriet Tubman was nothing less than remarkable; she spent her life as an activist who led thousands of enslaved people into freedom. Though she has not gotten the…

many centuries of injustice and the Freedom center has enlightened us on that. Injustice effects many groups of people, it has no certain race, ethnicity, or gender, and it effects people from all parts of the world. From The Holocaust to the Underground Railroad, and to human trafficking people over the years had to overcome racism, sexism, and genocide. While all these are bad things that have occurred, they are a part of the past and all we can do is to learn from them. Certain countries and…

Harriet Tubman and her Extraordinary Life Harriet Tubman is one of the most famous African Americans, but her life started just as any other African American. She was born as Araminta Harriet Ross in Dorchester County, Maryland between 1820-1825. Her parents, Mary Pattison Brodess and Ben Ross, were both slaves on a plantation in Maryland. Tubman’s early life was full of hardships and labor. By the age of five she began her work on the plantation as a weaver. She was considered defiant and…

For instance, Underground Railroad, Inc. is an prevention and intervention program that provides survivors with court support and legal referrals (e.g. filing Orders of Protection and Personal Protection Orders, filing show causes related to Personal Protection Order violations…

SECTION 1 What is secession? Who is Henry Clay? What is the Compromise of 1850? What is popular sovereignty? What is the Underground Railroad? Who was Harriet Tubman? Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe? Who was Franklin Pierce? What happened in the election of 1856? What happened on March 6, 1857? Who was Stephen Douglas? Who is Abraham Lincoln? What is the meaning of Confederacy? Who was Jefferson Davis? SECTION 2 What is Fort Sumter?…

end of slavery, and the advancement of black people. These three famous affiliates of black history have done extraordinary tasks to either help end slavery, or help blacks strive after slavery ended. First, Martin R. Delany was part of the Underground Railroad, and helped many fugitive slaves get away. Second, Mary Peck Bond founded an elderly home to take care of her aunt, and other elderly in need. Last, Charles Avery founded the Allegheny Institute which later was known as Avery College, an…