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Sheldon Underground railroad

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Begin Your Webquest Here

 

On the Plantation: Life as Slave

 

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 mean't you we're owned and they didn't have any rights.

2. Why did people own slaves in the United States in the 1800s?

It was a cheap way of labor that plantation owners abused.

3. When did slavery begin in the United States? Where did the first slaves come from?

Slavery began in the 1800's and they first came from Aferica.

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?

Slaves lived in small houses on plantations,they picked crops and other hard working job, and when tthey acted wrongly they we're beat for it.

5. What do you think were some of the hardest things about being a slave?

Never being able to eat and working hard for nothing.

 

 

Escape! The Underground Railroad 

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?

They tried to escpae because they treated very poorly, and when they did if they we're caught they we're beating badly.

2. How did most slaves travel when they escaped? How did they find their way?

They travled in packs on the underground railroad.

3. What were some of the worst dangers and challenges that runaway slaves faced?

They we're faced with no food, place to sleep, and the thought of getting caught.

4. How did runaways try to avoid getting caught? What happened if they were caught?

They ran and hide away from people who wasn't in the underground railroad, when they got caught  they could have been beating or be killed.

5. What was the Underground Railroad? Who were the “passengers” and the “conductors”?

It was a orgizination they helped runaway slaves , a conducter 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? If slave owners we're to find out the underground railroad was happening it could ruin plans and they kept there mouth shut to keep the underground railroad secret.

 

 

 

Reaching Safety: Heroes for the Cause

 

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 they were.

2. Who were the abolitionists? How did they spread their message?

By rebeling against plantation owners.

3. What are some ways that abolitionists helped runaways on the Underground Railroad?

By giving them money and shipinh letters that could help them.

4. Did all abolitionists support the Underground Railroad? Why or why not?

Yes, because they thought all people should be created equaly.

5. Why was it so dangerous for people to help runaway slaves?

It was dangerous because they could get trilled for it.

6. Who was Harriet Tubman? How do you think she and the Northern abolitionists helped each other’s cause?

She was a independent black slave that ranaway and helped other slaves runway.

 

Almost Free: Life in the North

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?

New York and they went to Cananda because, there was no slaves there.

2. What were some of the challenges the newcomers faced as they started their new lives?

Money and people to help them.

3. What were three major differences between the North and the South before the Civil War?

The North was against slavery and the South wanted to keep slavery.

4. What was the Emancipation Proclamation? What impact did it have?

The contract that ended slavery.

5. Why did so many African Americans fight in the Civil War on the side of the Union?

The Union was against the slavery so the slaves helped them and Aferican Americans.

6. What was one important outcome of the Civil War?

It ended slavery and the United States reformed.

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