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Harriet Tubman Eng.
8th Grade English Final Wilson Harriet Tubman
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is third person omniciant? | A narrator who tells the reader the stroy thorugh several or all of the caharacters as well as some information that the characters themselves do not know. |
| What is third person? | A narrator who tells the reader the story through what only one character knows, feels, or thinks. |
| Why did most slaves escape on a saturday night? | Couldn't search for them on Sundays |
| Who was the legendary moses who was helping slaves to freedom? | Harriet Tubman |
| In which state did she begin most of her journeys? | maryland |
| The slaves were taken to __________ in order to find complete freedom. | Canada |
| Explain the Fugitive Slave Act. | if a slave was found in a slave-free state you had to return them to the south |
| what was the password for entrace into "safe houses"? | A friend with friends |
| How many slaves were with Harriet on this trip? | 11 |
| What was their monetary worth? | $11,000 |
| If caught Harriet would probably be ... ? | hanged |
| Why were Harriet and her band turned away from the first house? | there were "too many" of them |
| Though cold, why couldn't they make fires? | People would see the smoke and they would be found |
| NAME THREE MEN WHE TALKED ABOUT AS MOTIVATION TOWARD FREEDOM. | Fredrick Douglass, William Still, Thomas Garret |
| Why does Harriet threaten one of the slaves with a shotgun? | beacuse if anyone were to go back he would be forced to say who helped him escape, where the others were & the route they took. |
| How did the slaves react when Harriet fell asleep? Why did they react this way? | They let her sleep, they came to trust, respect and rely on her completely. |
| What was Harriets motto? | "We got to go free or die" |
| Whose house are they trying to reach in Wilmington, Deleware? | Thomas Garret's |
| William Still, a Philly resident, recorded the names of the slaves and the plantaitions where they worked. This was the basis of a book titled ...? | "The Undergroung Railroad" |
| What was the final destination of Harriet's group of fugitives? | St. Catharines, Canada West (Now Ontario) |
| How long did this journey take? | 1 month |
| How many trips per year did she make? | 2 |
| Approximately how many slaves did she lead out of slavery? | 300 |
| Describe The Underground Railroad. | a loose knit group of houses/churches (shelters)that offered help to slaves escaping to the north offering food and shelter. |
| before what war was the underground railroad formed? | civil war |
| What was the purpose of the Underground Railroad? | helped slaves flee to freedom |
| The first slaves arrived where? | Jamestown, Virginia |
| Where did the majority of slaves work? | on plantations in the south |
| What were two reasons for a slave to run away? | They wanted to experience freedom, their masters were cruel to them |
| the "stations" were actually ( what 3 things ) ? | shops, homes, & churches |
| Who wer the "agents" or "station-masters"? | people who hated slavery and wanted to help free slaves, ( in charge of station ) |
| What state had the most stations? | ohio |
| Where were two places, other than Northeast, that the slaves fled to for freedom? | Mexico, Florida, Canada |
| When did the underground railroad end? | 1863 |
| why was it called the underground railroad? | it was secretive and well protected or "underground", and it had many diffrent stops just like a railroad. |
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