Harriet Tubman
What was Tubman's nickname?
Moses
Why did Tubman enjoy living in Canada?
She enjoyed her freedom there more than in the United States.
What proclamation declared the end of slavery in the US?
The Emancipation Proclamation
FD as a slave was not allowed to?
Read or write
What holiday did FD not celebrate until later in life, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Fourth of July?
Fourth of July
Union Soldiers came to announce the end of slavery in Galveston, Texas to captives who hadn't yet received the news on 6/19/1965. Name the holiday in celebration of this.
What is Juneteenth?
When were the slaves discovered missing?
Sunday
What would happen if Harriet was caught?
she'd be hanged
On his road to freedom what form of transportation did he use?
train
Who started to teach Frederick to read?
His female enslaver-Sophia Auld
Why was Harriet Tubman known for her courage?
She led runaways knowing she could be hung.
How did Harriet signal the runaways?
She'd sing the spiritual, "Go Down Moses"
What army was Harriet a soldier in?
The Union army
What helped FD to escape slavery?
Papers from a sailor friend also his future wife Anna
FD escaped from slavery, but he was freed from slavery when?
Friends bought his freedom
What was the Underground Railroad?
A clandestine network of routes, abolitionists, and safe houses used by Black people to escape their enslavers from the late 1700s until the Civil War.
Where was Tubman taking the escapees?
Canada
The civil war was between which two groups?
The Union and the Confederacy
North and the South
FD fought against slavery, he was an?
abolitionist
Who was the President who used FD as an advisor?
Abraham Lincoln
Why did Tubman threaten to shoot one of the 11 runaways?
He wanted to go back to the plantation.
Harriet was a soldier in which war?
Civil War
The Confederacy seceded from the US In 1861, what does this mean?
They left the United States
FD owned the North Star, what was it?
a newspaper
What ultimately ended chattel slavery in the US?
The 13th Ammendment ended chattel slavery.