ILA Emily Andris

GLCE 4-H3.0.7 Use case studies or stories to describe the ideas and actions of individuals involved in the Underground Railroad in Michigan and in the Great Lakes region.

Books

Maps

Images John Rankin’s house Underground Railroad Memorial in Battle Creek Harriet Tubman with escaped slaves at an Underground Railroad station

Poetry The Underground Railroad by Frances C. Taylor On and on in the dead of night The weary slave seeks Freedom through flight. His clothes are tattered, His feet are bare; They bleed from frostbite. Does no one care? He follows the Star With a hope that shines As dark, through the night, The trail he finds. “The Underground Railroad”- He’s heard its name This railroad to freedom Is not in vain. “As God as my witness, I’ll follow the Star O’er the Underground Railroad Though I know it’s far To Canada’s shores. But I’ll then be free With manumission papers Issued to me. Many hands have guided These weary feet From station to station May I repeat – The conductors that guided me Have been led by God By a faith That is free.” The Voice of the Slave    In here, quick, so they don’t see The escape we’re trying to make. We’ll get shipped off to Canada By the large Ontario Lake. We’ve got to be quiet and careful We’ve found our chance to be free. Our lives right now are worthless, And that isn’t how they should be. After crawling through this tunnel That was made for us who slaved. We’ll count our blessings every day: Praise God! Praise God! We’re saved. Freedom House   Proud to have served the North Helping slaves be free. Passing through my walls At the home of Featherly. Hiding them in cellars During most of the day, But when the skies turned dark, Through my secret part to the Bay. They couldn’t have escaped without me, Because, when I hid a slave, The South didn’t know where to look, They were in my secret cave.

Music “Go Down Moses” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf6jBP4YXwo “Follow the Drinking Gourd” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBOP8t2hlFQ

Websites Pathways to Freedom About the Underground Railroad http://pathways.thinkport.org/about/about1.cfm National Geographic Education The Underground Railroad: The Journey http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/multimedia/interactive/the- underground-railroad/?ar_a=1 Scholastic The Underground Railroad: Escape to Freedom http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground%5Frailroad/

Works Cited Dnr-black history month. (2006, May 18). Retrieved from http://louputnam.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/on-the-underground- railroad-poem/ Follow the drinking gourd. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://punwarpublications.com/Follow the Drinking Gourd.html Follow the drinking gourd- richie havens. (2008, December 03). Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBOP8t2hlFQ Louis armstrong-go down moses. (2012, January 13). Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf6jBP4YXwo Pathways to freedom:about the underground railroad. (2013). Retrieved from http://pathways.thinkport.org/about/about1.cfm Port huron museum . (2012). Retrieved from http://www.phmuseum.org/drupal/ Scholastic (2013). The underground railroad: escape to freedom. Retrieved from http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/ Taylor, F. (1995). On the underground railroad. Retrieved from http://louputnam.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/on-the- underground-railroad-poem/ The underground railroad- national geographic channel . (2013). Retrieved from http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/multimedia/interactive/the-underground-railroad/?ar_a=1 The underground railroad. (1996, April). Retrieved from http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/0history/UndergroundRailRoad.html Underground railroad poems. (1996, April). Retrieved from http://www.historicsoduspoint.com/slaves-in-sodus- point/underground-railroad-poems/