2.  What “unalienable rights” of people were expressed in the Declaration of Independence?  Were enslaved African Americans able to enjoy the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?  What is an abolitionist?

3.  What do abolitionists believe?  Which abolitionists have you studied in the past?  How is the Underground Railroad different from the steam locomotives we have been studying?

8.  Series of safe houses and hiding places for runaways that led north as far as Canada where escaped slaves would be free from recapture  Used secret codes and disguises  Ran through water so dogs could not chase their sents

10.  Led hundreds of enslaved African Americans to freedom along the Underground Railroad  Harriet was a slave. She escaped in 1849.

11.  From the reading what else do we know about her?  What was her nickname?  How many trips did she lead on the Underground Railroad?  What part of Harriet Tubman’s personal story impresses you the msot?

12.  The Liberator  Took a stand for immediate and complete abolition of slavery

13.  From the reading what else do we know about him?  What was the Liberator about?  “I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation…..AND I WILL BE HEARD.”  How did William Lloyd Garrison get people thinking about emancipating the slaves?

14.  A fugitive slave  Established a newspaper and gave speeches against slavery

15.  From the reading what else do we know about him?  What was The North Star?  “Right is of no Sex-Truth is of non Color-God is the Father of us all, and we are all brethren.”  Frederick Douglass also started a newspaper. Although both his and William Lloyd Garrison’s papers were working to free the slaves, how do you think they differed?

16.  Which do you think would be a more powerful force of change, the words of a successful white male abolitionists or the words of a former enslaved African American abolitionists? Why?