You are on a journey

to see the
conductor Harriett
Tubman

Harriet Tubman, perhaps the most

well-known conductor of the
Underground Railroad, helped
hundreds of runaway slaves escape
to freedom. She never lost one of
them along the way. As a fugitive
slave herself, she was helped along
the Underground Railroad by another
famous conductor...William Still.
(Teaching with Primary Sources,
2015)

I am so sorry but
you will be sent
back to your
owner.

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was

an attempt by Congress to aid
southern slave owners in the capture
of slaves, which may have ran north.
The passage of this controversial
law meant that blacks would now
have to run all the way to Canada if
they wanted to live certainty as free
people. (Blight, 2004)

Congratulations!
You have made it!
You are free!

The network of routes extended

through 14 Northern states and
the promised land of Canada
beyond the reach of fugitive-slave
hunters. (History.com Staff, 2009)

You will start a

journey to
freedom with the
help of a little boy
named Allen.

In Allen Jay and the Underground Railroad,

Allen Jay is a Quaker boy who one day is
faced with a slave and is asked by his
father to aid the slave as part of the
Underground Railroad. As Allen helps to
hide the slave as his dad asked him to do
this is his thought process:
"He broke off a cornstalk and
stirred the dirt behind him as he walked
to cover any footprints. He checked that
all the cornstalks were in place. Then Allen
ran through the woods to the house. He
hoped the slave owner was hours away.
His father would need time to plan a safe
escape for this runaway. Allen slowed his
footsteps as he neared the barn. Someone
might be watching, he thought." (Brill, 1993)

You are enslaved.

You hear others
singing

Swing Low, Swing Chariot!

Many songs were used to encourage
slaves to flee or to encourage slaves
on their journey.

Your ready to take

your journey on
the Underground
Railroad.
The Underground Railroad was not an
actual railroad system. It is an analogy of
the route system developed to aid in
freeing slaves. This route system included
"conductors" or helpers, "stations" or safe
houses, "lines" or pathways between
destinations, and "passengers" or
escaping slaves. (Blight, 2004)
There were a variety of safe houses along
the route of the Underground Railroad.
Some safe houses were in homes,
warehouses, out buildings, barns, and
churches. Rumors were that the
Underground Railroad were hidden tunnels
in homes and underground. This was not
the case. In most safe houses, slaves
were kept in existing rooms, such as, attics,
cellars, and barn lofts. In some safe
houses you might have a trap door or
hidden wood panel, and in extreme rarity a
tunnel. (Blight, 2004)

Begin your journey here.

This is Station 1
Take one envelope, open it,
read it and move to the next
station.

Go to the
newspaper stand
and get the paper
called The North
Star.
He published a newspaper called the
North Star in which he voiced his
goals for the abolitionment of
slavery. He also published another
abolitionist paper called the
Frederick Douglass Paper, as well
as gave public speeches on issues
of concern to
abolitionists.
(Teaching with Primary Sources,
2015)

The next station

is Levi Coffins
house.

Levi Coffin and his wife Catherine

moved to Indiana in 1826 where they
aided their first fugitive slaves. In all
they aided over 3,000 slaves to
freedom. (Coffin, 1968)

Where will you go next?

This is Station 2
Take one envelope, open it,
read it and move to the next
station.

Where will you go next?

This is Station 3
Take one envelope, open it,
read it and have a seat.