Tam Do Mrs. Meador English I Pre-IP – Period 2 9/10/2015 HISTORY Event: the Underground Railroad Date: 1800s Description: The Underground Railroad was a network of people working together to free slaves from the South during the 1800s. They would go into the South, get as many slaves as they can, and risk their life to get them to a safe house. After they are hid in a safe house for a bit, they would be sent to another safe house. This will be repeated until the slaves become free when they get into the North or Canada. The person that was conducting the Underground Railroad was Harriet Tubman, an escaped slave that had come back to slavery to help others. Along with other abolitionists, Quakers, and other people that thought slavery …show more content…
When Germany lost and surrendered, he was devastated but he obtained more pride in his country. He believed Germany was betrayed by some of its leaders. After the war, he went back to his normal life but started to make his way into organizations and the government. He didn’t want Germany to be ran by the same leaders again. He got more attention. He was getting closer to leading a country. He didn’t just want his thoughts to be known; he wanted them to become reality. He ran for president but he didn’t win. He got the position of chancellor though so he started to use that power to start making his thoughts and dreams for Germany come true. After some time of hard work, he became dictator and had all the power to make his wishes real. With his determination, he caused the Holocaust and World War II. Without his efforts, none of those events would’ve …show more content…
During the drive to Dallas, I was in the passenger seat with my cousin driving. My cousin and my uncle would always fight about who would drive. My cousin does this because he cares for his dad so much, and he is always afraid of his dad pushing himself too far so that nobody has to drive. He has done this many times on trips but the Dallas drive was the one that I saw my cousin caring the most. Because of me being in the passenger’s seat, I had helped my cousin drive all the way to Dallas because he didn’t want his dad to do it. With the Destin trip, he did it again, but less this time. He had drove over half of the way to Destin (around 8 hours). They evened fought for who would drive back to Houston the most with an arm wrestle (my cousin won). He taught me how to care for your loved ones when they have an issue or a
Known to many who lived in the 1800’s as merely a mystery, the Underground Railroad secretly had a major effect on all people during the time the covert operation existed. Although the Underground Railroad may not have been extremely effective in the number of slaves it led to freedom, it did have a major impact on the Civil War, the morale of people fighting for emancipation, and the thinking of all people during the 19th century. The Underground Railroad was a true agent of social change, despite many people’s beliefs that the Underground Railroad was simply a symbolic effort that had no major effect.
The Underground Railroad might sound deceiving, but it actually never went underground and it wasn’t a railroad. The Underground Railroad did get its name due to the fact that it had to be kept a secret and a lot of the terms that were used throughout the slave escape route in order to describe how it worked was railroad terms. Routes would be called lines, stopping places along the way such as safe houses would be called stations, those who would aid along the way would be called conductors and their charges were known as freight. The various routes extended all the way through 14 Northern States and through the “Promise Land” of Canada, which was far beyond the reach of slave hunters. Those who would assist people on the railroad were member
Runaways stayed in peoples homes and barns, and traveled by boat, train, horse, and foot (Earhart 1208). The story of the Underground Railroad is one of individual courage, sacrifice, and heroism in efforts of enslaved people to reach freedom (Underground Railroad). The people who led the trips along the Underground Railroad were known as “conductors”. One of the most famous conductors was Harriet Tubman. She possesed immense courage and strength to put her life in danger for the greater good.
The Underground Railroad was a secret system of individuals who assisted fugitive slaves in their quest for freedom prior to the Civil War. The term, used between 1830-1860, refers to the swift, “invisible” way in which the slaves escaped. Usually they hid during the day and moved at night. Coffin says: “fugitive slaves relied heavily on fellow slaves and free blacks, who rarely betray them.” (Coffin, 2006). The most famous black leader in the movement was Harriet Tubman, a nonliterate runaway slave who became the “Moses” of her people.
It was a very elaborate system which impacted slaves, abolitionists, and the country as a whole. Many important figures sprang up during this time such as Harriet Tubman and her role as a conductor. Approximately 100,000 slaves were able to escape through the Underground Railroad ("Underground Railroad"). Even to those who didn’t escape, the Underground Railroad impacted their lives by providing hope and change for slaves through the hastening of the abolition movement. “Those who escaped became human witnesses to the slave system with many of them going on the lecture circuit to explain to Northerners the horrors of the servile institution.
The Underground Railroad was not only a significant part of our nation’s history, but also a journey towards freedom, possibility, promise, and hope for so many African American slaves who ventured along the many “railways” of it. Being involved in the Underground Railroad was a risky affair, but simultaneously, incredibly rewarding for those exerting such great efforts to grab the dreams and promise set before them. The Underground Railroad occurred in several decades prior to the Civil War (Cecelski, 174). Without these roads of hope before the Civil War ended slavery, there is no telling what the condition our country would be in. Examining the places, lives, perspective, and ideas that went into creating this sometimes successful
The Underground Railroad, the pathway to freedom which led a numerous amount of African Americans to escape beginning as early as the 1700‘s, it still remains a mystery to many as to exactly when it started and why. (Carrasco). The Underground Railroad is known by many as one of the earliest parts of the antislavery movement. Although the system was neither underground nor a railroad, it was a huge success that will never be forgotten.
The Underground Railroad was not a real railroad; but instead, it was a route used by slaves to escape from the south. Families along the way would hide the slaves in various places and tunnels on their journey while they made their escape. Thanks to the Underground Railroad 300 slaves were saved from slavery.
The Underground Railroad is viewed as simply a series of trails that led slave to freedom. It was more than that. What were the motivations behind the creation of it? Were there political involvements? Was it developed with financial gain in mind? The Underground Railroad is another one of those subjects that gets swept under the proverbial carpet. Slavery happened everywhere, whether people want to admit it or not. The Underground Railroad was a positive and a negative thing. Most people don’t comprehend what it fully entailed or the impact that it had on all people. It is important to review the past, so we can make an attempt to not make the same mistakes. The above questions will be answered in a well rounded account of all parties involved from the abolitionists to the slaves and those who were supporters.
The pathways in between the safe house and the plantations would be called lines or even tracks. The pathway was not straight; it was actually “zigzag” as Siebert puts it. The reason for this is because it threw off the hunters in pursuit. In special emergencies the travellers would be transferred off one course and taken to alternative one. Another one of the terms was a passenger. The passengers were the slaves who were runaways. The guides for these runaway slaves, or passengers, were the conductors. The conductors were those who were either free African Americans or Abolitionist who guided the runaways to their destination, which would be a station. The abolitionist or the Underground Railroad conductor was seen as the hero of this time. These people were willing to put it all on the line for what they believed and what they thought to be right, even if that meant breaking the law to do it. The conductors did not keep any track of train schedules, passengers, or even dispatch books because that could be used against the conductors as evidence, at least that is what some historians seem to point out. Larry articulates that, “The conductors were pledged to secrecy and strict obedience, and all transactions were carried on orally through the use of an underground code of secret “signs and signals” which were well understood.” The runaway slaves and the conductors were the only people who knew the location of the Underground Railroad. This is exactly how the Underground Railroad was kept so secretive. Numerous people would believe that every single abolitionist was on board for stealing slaves and assisting them while they were escaping from their masters, but this was not the case. There were many abolitionists who believed that taking slaves was immoral or even useless. There were also some abolitionists who wanted the slaves to be free, but did not
The Underground Railroad was one of the most remarkable protests against slavery in United States history. It was a fight for personal survival, which many slaves lost in trying to attain their freedom. Slaves fought for their own existence in trying to keep with the traditions of their homeland, their homes in which they were so brutally taken away from. In all of this turmoil however they managed to preserve the customs and traditions of their native land. These slaves fought for their existence and for their cultural heritage with the help of many people and places along the path we now call the Underground Railroad.
The Underground Railroad was very popular for slaves to escape on. “Stolen bodies working stolen land. It was an engine that did not stop, its hungry boiler fed with blood,” said Colson Whitehead, an author talking about slavery during the 1800’s. Because the Underground Railroad was successful in giving freedom to slaves, Americans have studied how it worked, who the people helping it to operate were, and how dangerous the secret escapes were.
In World War 1, Hitler volunteered for service in the Bavarian army, where he proved to be a dedicated courageous solider. After Germany’s defeat in 1918 he returned to Munich, where, in 1919 he joined the Nazi party. In 1921 he was elected party chairman with dictatorial powers. He soon became a key figure in Bavarian politics and by January 1933 he was appointed chancellor.
It was also very dangerous and risky because if you were caught trying to escape slavery the punishes for getting caught were very harsh. Slaves would get sometime beaten harshly and are put to do the more tasking jobs on the plantation. That is why the taking the Underground Railroad is such a difficult and risky path to take.
“The Underground Railroad was the term used to describe a network of meeting places, secret routes, passageways, and safe houses used by slaves in the U.S. to escape slaveholding states to northern states and Canada.”(History.Net Editors, Paragraph #1). A trip on the Underground Railroad was full of danger. The slaves wanted to get away from their slave owners. Most of this usually happened at night. The big conflict was over the South and North disagreeing about whether slavery should be permitted. It was mainly the South who wanted slaves. This was so they could have people work for them without paying them. The South liked this because they could save their money to buy more slaves