1. the underground railroad escape from slavery
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2. Slavery in the south : life on the plantation
Slaves treated badly – beatings
House slaves
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3. Slavery in the south : work on the plantation
Field slaves : backbreaking work in cotton, sugar or tobacco fields
No pay
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4. Slavery in the south : property not people
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5. Housing: small wooden cabins No privacy
Slavery in the south : housing
Housing: small wooden cabins
No privacy
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6. Plantation houses and owners
Stark contrast to the slave dwellings
Idealised picture of plantation house
and slave quarters in the background
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7. perceptions of the north
Slaves dreamt of the North
14 states where blacks were free
Canada : the promised land
Job opportunities outside the fields
Industry
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8. What is the Underground Railroad When was it active
From where to where did it operate
How did it work
Railroad names
Slave owner’s perspective
Civil War and slavery
When and why did it stop ‘running’
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9. What is the underground railroad
Not a real railroad
Network of people and routes
A system to help slaves escape form plantations in the South
Named after the real railroad that transported people
Railroad was just becoming popular means of transport
Called underground because it was secret
Name Underground Railroad given ca. 1831
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10. George Washington complained about his slaves running away in 1786
When was it active
Started ca. 1780s
George Washington complained about his slaves running away in 1786
Helped by the Quakers
At its height
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11. From where to where did it operate
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12. How did it work At night In secret
Help provided for the escaping slaves
Food
Hiding places
Route
Transport
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13. CONDUCTORS: helped slaves to escape
Railroad names
CONDUCTORS: helped slaves to escape
Accompanied them for a part or whole of the journey
STATIONS : stops along the route
PASSENGERS / CARGO / GOODS : the escaping slaves
ENGINEERS : provided the goods and means necessary
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14. Slave owner’s perspective
The South depended on slavery
Cheap labour for plantations
Bounty hunters to catch runaway slaves
Fugitive Slave Act 1850
The North generally rejected slavery
One of the causes for the Civil War
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15. Civil war and slavery 1861-1865 Civil War
Between Union (North) and Confederates (South)
1st January 1963 Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln
Freed slaves in Confederate South
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16. When and why did it stop running
End of the Civil War 1865
The North won
1865 :13th Amendment added to the US constitution
Abolished slavery in all of the USA
End of the Underground Railroad
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17. Sources used
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Africans in America. (n.d.). The Underground Railroad. Retrieved 20 February 2015 from
Harriet Tubman Society. (n.d.). What was the Underground Railroad. Retrieved 20 February 2015 from
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N.N.(n.d.). Pathways to Freedom. Retrieved 20 February 2015 from
Scholastic. (n.d.). The Underground Railroad. Retrieved 20 February 2015 fromhttp://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/plantation.htm
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