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What were the jobs of the Underground Railroad?
Underground Railroad conductors were free individuals who helped fugitive slaves traveling along the Underground Railroad. Conductors helped runaway slaves by providing them with safe passage to and from stations. They did this under the cover of darkness with slave catchers hot on their heels.
Who worked on the Underground Railroad?
The Underground Railroad had many notable participants, including John Fairfield in Ohio, the son of a slaveholding family, who made many daring rescues, Levi Coffin, a Quaker who assisted more than 3,000 slaves, and Harriet Tubman, who made 19 trips into the South and escorted over 300 slaves to freedom.
What were the benefits of the Underground Railroad?
The Underground Railroad provided hiding places, food, and often transportation for the fugitives who were trying to escape slavery. Along the way, people also provided directions for the safest way to get further north on the dangerous journey to freedom.
Who are the people involved in the Underground Railroad?
Some wealthy people were involved, such as Gerrit Smith, a millionaire who twice ran for president. In 1841, Smith purchased an entire family of slaves from Kentucky and set them free. One of the earliest known people to help fugitive slaves was Levi Coffin, a Quaker from North Carolina.
How did the Underground Railroad work in the Deep South?
How the Underground Railroad Worked Most of the enslaved people helped by the Underground Railroad escaped border states such as Kentucky, Virginia and Maryland. In the deep South, the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 made capturing escaped enslaved people a lucrative business, and there were fewer hiding places for them.
Are there any maps of the Underground Railroad?
Montana (Note that this state does not appear on the map. Use a wall map of the United States to have students pinpoint Montana.) Tell students that enslaved people did not have maps, compasses, or GPS units.
Why was the Underground Railroad important to the abolitionists?
This made it even more difficult for the Underground Railroad. Now slaves needed to be transported all the way to Canada in order to be safe from being captured again. Abolitionists were people who thought slavery should be made illegal and all current slaves should be set free.