Underground+Railroad





Research: What was it and what was the purpose of it? Who used it? Where did it go? How was it used?





LYRIC S./1 Harriet Tubman was a woman who led the slaves to the underground rail road and her nick name was Moses Harriet also lead slaves to Delaware. Theres a bored between northren and southern salves state and free state the river was to big to swim. She was also born a slave.She was married a black free man in 1844 his name was Jhon Tubman.her birth name was araminta ross.Then slave owners didn't care about no slaves birthday.



Chris B./1

Harriet Tubman was born into slavery and was born in Maryland.The purpose of the underground railroad was that slaves could be escorted to freedom

STEPHANIE J../2

The slavery happen in 1842 and 1861. Many ran away slave didn't get pass Wisconsin. 1850 pass the law of fugitive slave act. The fugitive slave act is that all ran away slave had to be given back to it's owner. The law made abolitionists mad. Some of the slaves that ran away was young.The youngest age that ran away was 16teen years old. Most of the slave worked on plantation. Slaves that wanted to get away went to Canada up North,or went to Mexico down South. Harriet Tubman A.K.A Moses was born as a slave,and helped over 100 slaves get away from slavery. Slaves want to be free. Slavery come to North America in 1619.

Trea E./1

Harriet Tubman's birth date is unknown because slave owners didn't keep track of there birth date. Slave owners didn't want slaves to know how to read or write.They hated Harriet Tubman so much that they wanted her dead or alive.

ABEL S../2

The year was 1860.Over four million African American had lived in the south.And Walter was born a slave.That had to do most of the work.He had to do everything the master tells him to do.He also lived in a very small house with different family.When the time was night he snuck out and followed the north star and started walking with out food.He had to find his own food in the wild by his self.Henry Brown escape slavery in a box shiped from many state to state before he got to Canda

Chris N./2 In 1787 the Underground Railroad was belived to be made by Isaac T.Hopper,he began to make a system for hiding fugitive slaves.People who were against slavery allowed their homes to be called Stations,they were used for a place for the slaves to be safe for a while,they also provide money,food,and shelter.In 1850 3,000 people worked there:William s.,Gerit s.,Salmon c.Thomas g. William p. etc.If you were slave and you were sold you wouldn't be sold with your family.

Hayley G. /2 Harriet Tubman was the one who made up the Underground Railroad there was a stop at a white mans house that was against slavery. There is no underground railroad that had a train it was just harriet leading people places. They called harriet the cabouse and moses cause she led the people to freedom and enjoyed it.If people were wanting to go back harriet would thret to put a gun up to the men or women's faces. Harriet has been beaten more than 1,000,000,000 times and she said herself it had hurt.Harriet was a very important leader.