If you were a slave who was planning to runaway, what kind of plans would you make? How would you know when the time was right to leave?

Underground railroad .....what do you do?

Underground Railroad
You are a member of the Underground Railroad. A small group of runaway slaves has come to your home to be hidden. All goes well until a neighbor who is not sympathetic to the cause becomes suspicious. What do you do?


I'm a member of the undergorund railroad.Some of the slaves that scaped came to my town to hide.I wanna help them ,but no one can find out that i'm up to do that.My neighbor is already suspicious ,but i'll find some other town for the slaves to hide close to here, where i have some land.If my neighbor asks something i'll tell him the slaves are mine,that i bought them.

The underground railroad

1. The Underground Railroad was a highly organized system.
X False
True

2. Many of those involved in the Underground Railroad were,
Slaves
Free blacks
Whites
X Runaway slaves
3. Why would the escape of a small percentage of slaves cause so much trouble?
Because other slaves will try to scape too,and the percentage will become a lot bigger.

4. Harriet Tubman was not important to the Underground Railroad.
X False
True
5. How did the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 affect escaped slaves?
It made people angry with the law so they joined the anti-slavery cause.
X It stopped slaves from escaping
It ignited more protest
It had no effect

6. The first Canadian African American newspaper was produced by,
William Lloyd Garrison
Austin Steward
X Josiah Henson
Frederick Douglass
7. What might have happened if the Underground Railroad hadn't existed?
The slaves would't hope they would scape one day

8. Why did so many escaped slaves move to Canada?
They liked the climate better
The Underground Railroad didn't stop until it reached the border.
Because of the 13th Amendment
X The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850