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THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
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The Underground Railroad

• The Underground Railroad was a secret network of
  people who helped runaway slaves escape to
  freedom

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The Underground Railroad

• Slaves traveled this path to Canada to attain
  freedom.

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The Underground Railroad

• Abolitionists helped the slaves escape There
  were blacks and whites, women and men,
  Northerners and Southerners all who thought
  slavery was wrong.

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The Underground Railroad

• Slaves stayed in special hiding places in the
  South and North called safe houses or stations

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The Underground Railroad

• Some stations had white bricks on the top of
  their chimney
• Others would place a lantern outside the house.

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The Underground Railroad

• Conductors would lead the fugitives along the
  Underground Railroad from station to station.

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The Underground Railroad

• As a conductor, Harriet Tubman helped thousands
  of slaves escape
• Her nickname was "Moses" because she helped free
  so many slaves.

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The Underground Railroad

• There were lots of wanted poster for slaves
• Harriet Tubman was the most wanted slave. The
  reward for her was 15,000

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The Underground Railroad
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The Underground Railroad

• Slaves used code words and phrases to secretly
  discuss heading for the North without tipping off
  their owners.
• Station - place of safety
• "The wind blows from the south today" -the
  warning of slave bounty hunters nearby

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The Underground Railroad

• Slaves sang spirituals - they had hidden messages
  that only the slaves understood

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The Underground Railroad

• Follow the Drinking Gourd
• At the end of the "drinking gourd (the big
  dipper) was the north star. And the path of the
  north star was the path to freedom.

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