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  1. Nov 22, 2017 · INTRODUCTION. As a class watch the following video and have the students answer the questions below: VIDEO CLIP 1: Underground Railroad Freedom Center (6:34) What was the Underground...

  2. Underground Railroad - Breakout, classroom activitiy. The Civil War - Causes, the War, Post-War Lesson Plans, Activities, Simulations, Debates.

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    Political, economic, social, and moral issues molded the antebellum fugitive slave crisis in the US and in turn the Underground Railroad (UGRR). A metaphor for an interracial collaboration — at times formal, informal, visible, and invisible — the Underground Railroad helped direct thousands of fugitives toward freedom in the face of such ever-prese...

    In this lesson students will analyze five letters written from Thomas Garrett to William Still, both active agents in the Underground Railroad. Organized chronologically, the letters date from 1857 to 1860, all well after the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. Thomas Garrett (1789–1871) was a white Quaker abolitionist and vigilance agent wh...

    The Underground Railroad (UGRR) was a metaphor for a large, interconnected network composed of smaller local systems that helped fugitives (runaway slaves) to make their way to freedom by providing money, transportation, food, clothing, other goods, and legal services. Fugitives, many of whom received no previous formal assistance to escape, reache...

    African Americans served major roles in the abolition movement. While Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman may be the best known, there were many others. Choose one of the activists below and research his or her life and contributions. Based upon your research create a Prezi, Animoto, YouTube video, or other presentation as directed by your teache...

    oblige:be grateful to
    commotion:noisy disturbance
    confidant:person keeping a secret
    secreted:hidden
  3. The Underground Railroad was a group of people (both black and white) who helped enslaved people escape from the South. They did this by offering shelter and help to them. The exact date that they started is not known, but they probably started it in the late 1800s.

  4. Oct 29, 2009 · The Underground Railroad ceased operations about 1863, during the Civil War. In reality, its work moved aboveground as part of the Union effort against the Confederacy.

  5. Underground Railroad. Introduction: Underground Railroad is a name given to the early 19th century secret movement organized to help black slaves escape from slavery. The movement was run by a variety of people that included white abolitionists, free blacks, freed slaves and fugitive slaves.

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  7. The Underground Railroad was a secret network of homes, roads, and businesses set up to help enslaved African Americans escape to freedom. Several memorials and museums remind us today of the Underground Railroad and the courage of all who participated in it.