Rebellions
what year was the Stono rebellion?
1739
What is the main code in "Follow the Drinking Gourd?"
follow the Big Dipper to find the North Star
what year was Harriet Tubman born?
1822
what year were slaves first brought to Virginia
1619
1861
where did the German Coast Uprising start?
the Andry Plantation
What did "steal away" symbolize?
Going to Canada for a better life
approximately how many enslaved peoples did Harriet Tubman bring to freedom?
70
what religious groups were members of the Underground Railroad?
the Quakers and the African Methodist Episcopal Church
Name one state that joined the confederacy
South Carolina - December 20, 1860
Mississippi - January 9, 1861
Florida - January 10, 1861
Alabama - January 11, 1861
Georgia - January 19, 1861
Louisiana - January 26, 1861
Texas - February 1, 1861
Virginia - April 17, 1861
Arkansas - May 6, 1861
North Carolina - May 20, 1861
Tennessee - June 8, 1861
How long did the Stono Rebellion last before colonists killed most of the rebels?
a week
What was "Wade in the Water" instructing enslaved people to do while escaping?
Hide in the water so that the dogs couldn't smell them
What city did Harriet Tubman aim to reach when she escaped?
Philadelphia
Name 1 conductor and/or "stop" on the Underground Railroad
Frederick Douglass
Levi & Catherine Coffin
Harriet Tubman
William Still
Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church
Number of major battles in the Civil War
50 major
100 other significant
What revolutions inspired Gabriel's Conspirace?
French and Saint-Domingue revolutions of 1789
Who are the "angels" in songs?
Conductors on the Underground Railroad
what caused Harriet Tubman to have seizures and narcolepsy after the age of 13?
she was hit in the head by a 2 pound weight thrown by an overseer
why would enslaved people escape on Sundays?
Reward posters couldn't be printed until Monday
Salaries of white and black Union soldiers (before 1864)
white: $13/month
black: $7/month
what revolution was won by black slaves?
the Haitian Revolution
What was "O Canaan" a signal for?
Preparation to escape to Canada
what raid did Harriet Tubman coordinate during the Civil War?
Combahee River Raid
what law made it illegal to help runaway slaves, even in states without slavery?
the Fugitive Slave Law of 1793
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Bloodiest battle of the Civil War
Gettysburg
what percentage of enslaved peoples in the south were literate by 1800?
5%
Below what river were conditions for slaves considerable worse, as referred to in "Go Down Moses"?
the Mississippi
how many journeys did Harriet Tubman make in total to free enslaved peoples?
19
how big was the box that Henry “Box” Brown was packed into to escape?
3 feet long
what percentage of the Union army consisted of black soldiers by the end of the war?
10%