1. HARRIET TUBMAN &THE UNDERGROUNDRAILROADBYVENITA R. WILLIAMS

2. THE WOMAN CALLED MOSES Araminta Harriet Ross Born on 1819 or 1820 in DorchesterCounty, Maryland In 1844, she married John Tubman, a freeblack man In 1849, she escapes to the north In 1850, Harriet Tubman starts rescuingslaves via the Underground Railroad 3. MOSES CONT.. In 1958 she buys a farmnear Auburn, N.Y. She also established theHarriet Tubman home forthe elderly She died on March 10,1913 She was either 93 or 94years old when she died. 4. LIFE AS A FUGITIVE Fearing that she would be sold deeper in thesouth, Harriet ran away. Once she got to the north she decided to helpthe abolitionist to end slavery. She also became the conductor of theUnderground Railroad. She made 19 rescue trips in over 10 years,rescuing over 300 slaves from the southernstates, including her 70 year old parents. 5. FUGITIVE CONT. She also helped John Brown recruitsoldiers for his raid on Harpers Ferry in1859. She also worked as a nurse, a scout, anda spy for the Union Army during the U. S.Civil War. 6. How She Succeeded Harriet used disguises such as She constantly changedshe posed as a deranged oldher route and her methodman, or as an old woman, toavoid suspicion when traveling of operation.in slaves states. She carried sleeping powderto stop babies from crying. She always carried a pistol toprevent her charges frombacking out once the journeyto freedom had begun. 7. SUCCESS CONT. The Spiritual Go Down Moses was oftenused as a signal to let slaves know thatshe was ready to make another trip. Harriet had a bounty totaling $40,000 onher. She once said On my UndergroundRailroad, I never ran my train off the track,and I never lost a passenger. 8. THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD This was a movement to help escaped slavesmake their way from the slave-owning southernstates up through the northern states, andeventually into Canada. This was accomplished by secretly transportingslaves from one safe house to another, steadilymoving north until freedom was secured. 9. MAP OF THE UNDERGROUNDRAILROAD 10. AREAS COVERED The Underground Railroad stretched fromKentucky and Virginia across Ohio &Indiana. In the Northerly direction, it stretched fromMaryland, across Pennsylvania & intoNew York & through New England The Underground Railroad helped over ~100,000 slaves escape. 11. ROCHESTER CITY & AIDS FORFUGITIVE SLAVES Rochester city and Members of the Undergroundsurrounding area playedRailroad that aided fugitive slaves were prominent citizensa leading role in thewith liberal minded views,Underground Railroad Quakers, and ex-slaves, suchmovement, because it as Harriet Tubman, whowas conveniently located worked to liberate those whoon the Canadian border.where not free. These people often put Became the last stop for lanterns in the window as afugitive slaves. signal to let slaves no that, that place was a safe-house. 12. SAFE-HOUSE 13. SIGNIFICANT FIGURES & SAFE-HOUSES Harriet Tubman The Henry Quinby farm James Fairfieldpretended to David H. Richardsons farmbe a slave trader. The Warrant farm in Brighton Thomas Garrett-A Quaker The old Frederick Douglassbusiness man who helpedhome near Highland Parkover 2700 slaves. A cluster of houses where William Still-former slave who numerous Quakers lived. Thatpurchase his own freedom & is now the area where the warthen became an abolitionists Memorial building is. Frederick Douglass-African Harvey Humphrey estate.American abolitionist *All these stations are located John Parker-Son of a white in Rochester.businessman and a slave;helped over 400 slaves.