Underground Railroad
When slaves from the American south fled north, they sometimes went all the way to this country.
Canada
The final panel has this caption: And the _______ kept coming.
Migrants
The state Jacob Lawrence and his family settled in when he was 13
New York
The continent slaves destined for America were stolen from
Africa
A racially motivated murder by hanging
Lynching
On the Underground Railroad, the metaphorical term for a person who contributed money or goods
Stockholder
The amount of panels comprising The Migration Series
60
The city where Jacob Lawrence was born
Atlantic City
This industry rapidly developing had a huge impact on cotton demanded from the slaveholding south
The textile industry
A farmer who pays the rent for his land with some of the crops he produces.
Sharecropper
Groups of people committed to raising money in towns like New York, Philadelphia and Boston
Vigilance committees
The original title for this series.
The Migration of the Negro
The famous neighborhood where Lawrence lived and worked
Harlem
The approximate number of slaves in The United States in 1860
4 Million
Another name for segregation laws
Jim Crow Laws
The author of the novel “The Underground Railroad” with characters like Caesar, Cora, and Mr. Fletcher
Colson Whitehead
The museum where all the panels of The Migration Series were collected and displayed in 2015
The Museum of Modern Art, MoMA
The state where his father was born
South Carolina
The inventor of the cotton gin
Eli Whitney
Taking away a voter’s right to cast their vote
Disenfranchisement
On the Underground Railroad, two slang terms for a home or business used to hide runaway slaves.
Station, depot
The year Jacob Lawrence began working on The Migration Series.
1939
The name of the city where his mother was born
Fredericksburg
The year the first slaves arrived in Jamestown, Virginia
1619
Two organizations in northern cities where African American migrants found community
YMCA and YWCA