Famous Abolitionists
This Presbyterian minister would light a lamp in his front window to help escaping slaves across the Ohio River.
Who is John Rankin?
It was in this year that this Act was transformed into a rule that really changed things for people involved in the Underground Railroad.
When was 1850?
a person who was against slavery
What is an abolitionist?
this Twelve Years a Slave author was a musician who was drugged and enslaved while touring with a musical circus
Who was Solomon Northrup?
the number of enslaved people who entered Canada during the last legal years of slavery
What is 30,000 - 40,000?
This Ohio abolitionist wrote the book Uncle Tom's cabin to educate people about the awfulness of slavery.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
It was in this year that the Fugitive Slave Act was first established but it was not strongly enforced
When was 1793?
a person who would receive and help escaping slaves on the Underground Railroad
What is a conductor?
What is a stationmaster?
this former slave escaped from a Maryland plantation by dressing as a sailor and boarding a northbound train to New York. Once there he joined the Anti-Slavery Society and traveled to Europe to make speeches against slavery
Who was Frederick Douglass?
this is what AASS stands for
What is the American Anti-Slavery Society?
This famous Ohio abolitionist helped thousands of slaves escape and earned the nickname "the president of the Underground Railroad."
Who is Levi Coffin?
this was the location that most slaves were trying to reach since it was British-owned and slavery was banned there and extradition was impossible
Where is Canada?
what escaping slaves on the Underground Railroad were called
What are passengers?
used a boat to ferry escaped slaves across the Ohio River
Who was John Parker?
this is how many trips Harriet Tubman made while leading slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad
What is 19?
This religious group was one of the first to support abolitionsim.
Who were the Quakers?
this act required what organization to help slaveowners in getting escaped slaves back
What is the government?
the updated law that allowed for the return of escaping slaves even in free states and required the government to help get escaped slaves back
What is the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
as a Congressman in the House of Representatives, wanted a Constitutional amendment to end slavery
Who was James Mitchell Ashley?
this is the type of state Ohio was during the years that the issue of slavery was legal
What is a free state?
This Ohio lawyer successfully defended many enslaved people and went on to become President Lincoln's Secretary of Treasury and a U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Salmon Chase?
the Fugitive Slave Act stated that this would happen to the escaping slave if he or she were caught
What is returned to the slaveowner?
the code name for the system of escape used to help slaves escape to freedom
What is the Underground Railroad?
born under the name Isabella Baumfree this historical helper spoke at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention with her speech Ain't I a Woman
Who was Sojourner Truth?
this was the first colony in North America to kidnap people from West Africa and force them into slavery
What is Virginia?