North American History The Free North and the Slave South What do we already know about the North and the South Why was the South so dependent on slavery Eventually what developed were the slave states of the South and the free states of the North ID: 478825
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Fleeing North
American History Slide2
The Free North and the Slave South
What do we already know about the North and the South?
Why was the South so dependent on slavery?
Eventually what developed were the slave states of the South and the free states of the North.Slide3Slide4
Escape to the North
Because the North was free, an underground network was created to smuggle slaves North to freedom.
This became known as the Underground Railroad.
Underground Railroad: A secret transportation network that moved fugitive slaves from the southern USA to the British colonies north of the USA (Canada today).Slide5
The Underground Railroad was actually an above-ground series of escape routes for slaves traveling from the South to the North trying to gain their freedom.
Slaves traveled by foot, wagons, boats, roads, baggage, and trains.
Slave runaways would usually travel by the light of night and hide during the day in places known as stations. These were safe houses owned by abolitionists. Slide6
Abolitionists
People who supported the cause to end slaverySlide7Slide8Slide9Slide10
Henry Box BrownSlide11Slide12
1850 Fugitive Slave Act
Said that the national government would need to use its power to help catch escaped slaves.
Imposed penalties on anyone found to be assisting fugitive slaves.
People defied the law anyway and still helped escaped slaves.Slide13Slide14
Would you take the risk?
If caught slaves would be sold, beaten with a whip, or sometimes they were lynched.Slide15
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was born a slave in Maryland.
When she learned that her owner was going to sell her, she decided to escape.
Tubman made 19 journeys from the South to the North and helped more than 300 escaped slaves to freedom.Slide16
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Race
to Freedom