U7.L6 Underground Railroad
#1 - Pathways to Freedom Interactive: http://pathways.thinkport.org/following/
#2 - Video about Harriet Tubman (answer questions in packet after):
#3 - Use the text below to complete the guided notes in your packet
Southerners and slavery supporters were furious about a system designed to help slaves escape. They believed anyone involved in the Underground Railroad was a criminal. Thousands of people were employed as “slave catchers” that were paid large rewards for catching fugitive slaves.
African-Americans involved in the Underground Railroad risked their lives every moment they were on Southern soil, even if they were a free person in the North. White abolitionists who operated stations along the Underground Railroad risked going to jail and being bankrupted by legal fines.