Vocabulary
People fleeing from danger
Fugitives
A Quaker who would help hide the slaves in a hidden room that swung open from the wall. He would give them shoes, milk, and bread. He lived in Wilmington, Delaware and the story of him kept the slaves motivated.
Thomas Garrett
Harriet Tubman was compared to this biblical figure. Explain why.
Moses. Just like he led the Israelites out slavery in Egypt, she led several African American slaves out of slavery in the South.
Even though this law set a legal precedent, it was loosely enforced and strongly opposed in the North.
How many fugitives was Harriet helping to escape in this passage? How much was each slave worth?
A field trip to the bowling alley was the students' ______________________ for displaying good behavior in their classes.
incentive
A boy who was picked up in the streets of Boston and shipped back to Georgia because of the Fugitive Slave Law.
Thomas Sims
This tragic event happened to Harriet Tubman when she was a teenager. How? What was the result of this.
She suffered a serious head injury when an angry overseer through a two-pound weight at her head. She was trying to protect someone else from punishment. She would experience loss of consciousness at random times.
Which section explains why thousands of slaves and free blacks fled to Canada?
Section 6
Where were the fugitives going?
Canada
A person will more than likely show this when giving a speech.
eloquence
A husband and wife who escaped from Georgia because the dark husband was able to pretend to be his fair wife's slave. The wife dressed in man's clothing and pretended to be ill (so she didn't have to sign the register at the hotels) as they rode trains from Georgia to Philadelphia
William and Ellen Craft
Describe Harriet's physical appearance and personality.
The text structures of the Fugitive Slave Acts of 1793 and 1850.
Enumeration
Chronological
True or False? All people at the designated stops along the Underground Railroad welcomed the fugitives in the house.
False
intelligible; clear is the antonym of this word
incomprehensible
William Still
Which primary source shows that Harriet Tubman's story is indeed factual and biographical.
Frederick Douglass's autobiography and/or William Still's published records.
Which section details events that more than likely led to the start of the Civil War?
Section 9
Name 4 states through which the fugitives passed to get to Canada. Name 4 cities that are mentioned in the text through which the fugitives passed on their way to Canada.
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware
Wilmington, Philadelphia, Burlington, Syracuse, Rochester
What do all of these words have in common? (do not say--except for one--they all end with "pel"): impel, compel, propel, expulsion
They all have to do with driving something or someone away (with force) and they all derive from the Latin root "pellere".
Harriet and "Jarm" Loguen were supporters and friends of this man. He was an abolitionist who helped fugitives in the Underground Railroad. He wanted to inspire a slave uprising and was subsequently convicted and hanged.
Old John Brown
How does Harriet feel about the death of her Master?What does this tell you about her? How is this contrary to her behavior on page 148?
Harriet feels guilty. This shows that she has a strong faith and a conscious (compassion). She felt guilty about her praying for her master to die (and he did), but was willing to shoot and kill one of the fugitives who wanted to turn back.
How would a free man be confined to slavery for life?
He could not defend himself at his trial only the testimony of his owner and federal commissioners had to determine whether that testimony was believable.
These sound was used to signal the arrival of Moses (or Harriet Tubman) on the plantation and Masters later remembered they had heard these sounds.