1. Underground Railroad and the Civil War

2. Underground Railroad Was not a real Train Used Railroad terms to confuse others Only way to achieve freedom

3. What is the Underground Railroad? Helped Slaves escape from Slavery in the South Other people helped them escape by hiding them in their house

4. Levi and Catharine Coffin Helped Slaves in Indiana to escape from slavery Founded a program to educate run away slaves

5. How did slaves use it? Run away from Plantation One person would take the slaves to another person and it became like a train Safe houses were places for slaves to hide at

6. Successful or Not? About 100,000 people were able to escape to freedom on the Underground Railroad The Lucas Oil Stadium holds 67,000 It would take 1 and a half of a Lucas Oil to hold all the runaways