Social Studies

What is a conductor in the underground railroad?

a conductor is a person who helps leads slaves to freedom
who is fredrick douglas?

fredrick douglas escaped slavery and wrote the north star
who is harriet tubman?

she was a slave who escaped to the north and returned to the south 19 times to help 300 families to freedom
this person spoke out againist slavery by publishing an abolitionist newspaper, the liberator

William lloyd Garrison
the people belonging to the American Anti-slavery Society

Wanted immediate emancipation and equality for African Americans
this group was among the first to challenge slavery due to religious beliefs

Quakers
These people were known to hide and feed fugitives as they traveled north

station masters
An abolitionist newspaper was called the north star was written by who?

Frederick Douglas
once a fugitive slave escaped from the slave to north were they ruled free by the U.S.?

No, canada was officialy free
Who was able to read and write and had outstanding public speaking skills?

Fredirick Douglas

Author

sydneysc

181792

Card Set

Social Studies

Description

Slavery and abolitionts

Updated

2012-11-05T15:37:01Z

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