Task

Choose a partner to research the Underground Railroad. Go through the journey of the Underground Railroad to gain an idea of what it was like to be traveling along the Underground Railroad.  Briefly describe your experience.

Journal Entries
Work on your journal entries.  Use the sites listed to answer the following questions in your journals.

• Why was the Underground Railroad named as such?  What is the symbolic meaning of its name?
  • Underground Railroad search on NCWise Owl 
  • Story of the Underground Railroad

• What was the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
  • The Fugitive Slave Act
  • The Fugitive Slave Act, 1850
  • The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
• Write a paragraph briefly describing the life of one of the men and women listed below who were involved in the fight to end slavery in the United States
  
  Frederick Douglass
  • Faces of Freedom
  • NC Wise Owl
    
    Harriet Tubman
    • Harriet Tubman's Life
    • An Unforgettable Black Leader
    • NC Wise Owl
      
      William Lloyd Garrison
      • Faces of Freedom
      • NC Wise Owl
        
        John Brown
        • Faces of Freedom
        • NC Wise Owl
        • John Brown
        • John Brown
          
          Harriet Beecher Stowe
          • Harriet Beecher Stowe
          • Faces of Freedom
          • NC Wise Owl
          • Stowe
            
            Levi Coffin
            • Levi Coffin
            • President of the UGRR
            • NC Wise Owl
            • Levi Coffin