Underground railroad
Who made the Underground railroad?
Harriet Tubman
What is a thing that they could not do?
Vote
Where were slaves sold to the highest bidders?
Slave auctions
Where did the underground railroad take runaway slaves?
North
Why did people from the south want to secede?
They thought president Lincoln would do away with slavery
What is the underground railroad?
A system of secret routes to set slaves free
What is a job that most free blacks did?
Farming
What is the name of the person who makes sure slaves did they're work?
The overseer
What is not a reason southern states wanted to secede?
They did not want want to have slaves anymore
What did the seceded people call themselves?
The Confederate States Of America
Why did Harriet Tubman make the underground railroad?
To set free herself, family, and friends
Free blacks could also not...?
Hold public office
Who were the people who worked to end slavery?
Abolitionists
Why did slaves want to escape?
They were treated very bad
Was Maryland a border state?
Yes
Around what year was this made?
Created in the early 1800's
What did some free blacks have to do at times?
Show papers that proved they were free
Who wrote the Emancipation proclamation?
President Lincoln
What are three ways slaves got away?
Some walked, some rode real trains, and most took the underground railroad
True or false after Lincoln was elected people began to secede from the union?
True
How many people did she help to escape?
100,000 slaves were freed
What did people call free blacks that had to work hard for money?
Laborers
How long did the civil war last?
4 years
What are 3 abolitionists names?
Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and Elisha Tyson
Why did Southern states secede?
They wanted to keep their slaves