THE UNDERGROUND

RAILROAD Created by Allison Duquaine and

Desirae Bombay-Klyce

SUMMARY OF EVENT Slavery was a horrible

thing . Being a slave meant you were a black person who didn’t get paid, didn’t get a lot of food, and couldn’t get married. They did not have any rights or freedoms. Slavery started around 1619 and ended in 1863. The Underground Railroad was started so slaves could escape. Slaves escaped to a better life and freedom.

WHEN? 1849-Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery

The Underground Railroad was most active from 1850-1860

1864-The Underground Railroad ended

WHERE? Harriet Tubman

escaped from a plantation in Maryland

The Underground Railroad went North to freedom

The Underground Railroad went from the American south to Canada

WHO WAS INVOLVED? Over 100,000 slaves

made it to freedom on the Underground Railroad

Harriet Tubman “Moses” was the most famous conductor

Blacks, whites, men, women, slave states, free states, and Quakers helped on the Underground Railroad

WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE? To escape slavery To end slavery

ADDITIONAL FACTS Moses was born in 1820

Moses worked as a slave from age 6 to 16

Moses died in 1913

OUTCOME Slaves were free The Civil War started

CREATED BY: ALLISON DUQUAINE AND DESIRAE BOMBAY-KLYCE