UNDERGROUND RAILROADS

WHY UNDERGROUND RAILROADS WERE USED

• To offer blacks to reach the border and gain freedom
• To save them from slavery

WHO USED UNDERGROUND RAILROADS?

• Frederick Douglas, the leading black abolitionist
• Harriet Tubman, The "Moses" of her people

RISKS OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

• Could be caught and hung
• Could be caught as a reward and sent back to the owner

SIGNALS OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

• Songs

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

• Some states made it illegal to teach slaves to read and write
• Nat Turner in Virginia and Denmark Vesey in South Carolina led revolts but were hung