To start, listen to the story of the runaway slave, then click around the scene to learn more about life on a Southern plantation, read “Growing Up in Slavery” to meet Fannie Moore and after you’ve explored these resources ,answer these questions.
1. What did it mean to be a slave? What were some of the basic rights that slaves did not have?It meant that they worked alot they were servants.They didn't have the right to vote.
2. Why did people own slaves in the United States in the 1800s?So slaves could work around the owners houses and plantations.
3. When did slavery begin in the United States? Where did the first slaves come from?It started in the 1500's.brittain.
4. Describe the life of a slave on a Southern plantation. Where did slaves live? What kinds of work did they do? How were they punished?They lived in little shacks on the plantation.They had to work on the farm.They were chained on a pole and beaten.
5. What do you think were some of the hardest things about being a slave?Eating and keeping there self'S healthy.
Listen to the story of the runaway slave, then click around the scene to learn more about how slaves made their escapes and found their way. After you’ve explored these resources, answer these questions.
1. Why did some enslaved African Americans try to escape from their owners? Why was this such a dangerous act?So they could have freedom and dont work.Because if they got caught they would be brutaly beating.
2. How did most slaves travel when they escaped? How did they find their way?They traveled by foot,fallowing stars or looking at the big and small dipper.
3. What were some of the worst dangers and challenges that runaway slaves faced?They had no food to eat or anything to drink.Or they might have problem with diseases and no cure for it.
4. How did runaways try to avoid getting caught? What happened if they were caught?Some ran or some hid in woods or cattles.If they were caught they were brutaly beating.
5. What was the Underground Railroad? Who were the “passengers” and the “conductors”?The underground railroad was a group of slaves that were trying to escape.The passengers and were runaway slaves.The main conductor was harriet tubman.
6. Why did the Underground Railroad have to be so secretive? What are some ways that people on the Underground Railroad kept their work – and runaway slaves – hidden?Because some slaves would snitch each other out.By hiding the slaves in there houses or attic.
To start, listen to the story of the runaway slave, then click around the scene to learn how some abolitionists helped fugitives reach freedom. Try the “Harriet Tubman Web Quest,” to learn about the life of this brave woman who risked her life to guide hundreds of enslaved African Americans to freedom.
1. Were runaway slaves free once they reached the Northern states? Explain your answer.Yes because the north didn't really inforce slave rules.
2. Who were the abolitionists? How did they spread their message?They were slaves who escaped.By going to local or courts.
3. What are some ways that abolitionists helped runaways on the Underground Railroad?By giving them escape routs or a place to live and eat.
4. Did all abolitionists support the Underground Railroad? Why or why not?Yes because they wanted to help them escape.
5. Why was it so dangerous for people to help runaway slaves?Because if you were trying to help them you might get killed.
6. Who was Harriet Tubman? How do you think she and the Northern abolitionists helped each other’s cause?Harriet Tubman was a runaway slave.Because she told them routes to escape.
Have you explored all the resources in “Almost Free: Life in the North”? To start, listen to the
story of the runaway slave, then click around the scene to discover what life was like for fugitives in the North. See “Compare Two Worlds: The North vs. South,” for interactive maps that identify important differences between the North and South before the Civil War. After you’ve explored these resources, answer these questions.
1. What are some of the different places that slaves settled in the North? Why did many runaways go to Canada?Philadelphia,Boston,New York.
2. What were some of the challenges the newcomers faced as they started their new lives?No one to start them of or they couldnt find places to work
3. What were three major differences between the North and the South before the Civil War?The north didn't enforce slave laws,but the south did.The north gave them more rights then the south,and The north gave them jobs while the south didn't..
4. What was the Emancipation Proclamation? What impact did it have?It was a law.It gave slaves freedom.
5. Why did so many African Americans fight in the Civil War on the side of the Union?Because the union was trying to stop the slaves.
6. What was one important outcome of the Civil War?It stoped slavery.
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