BOOKS
Ayres, Katherine. North by Night: A Story of the Underground Railroad. Yearling, 2000. Hansen, Joyce and Gary McGowan. Freedom Roads: Searching for the Underground Railroad. Cricket Books, 2003. Lester, Julius. Day of Tears. Hyperion, 2007. |
McKissack, Patricia. Never Forgotten. Schwartz & Wade, 2011. Russell, Krista. The Other Side of Free. Peachtree, 2013. Woodruff, Elvira. Dear Austin: Letters from the Underground Railroad. Yearling, 1998. |
WEBSITES
The Underground Railroad: Escape from Slavery
teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/
The Transatlantic Slave Trade
inmotionaame.org/migrations/landing.cfm;jsessionid=f8302
175081479898058807?migration = 1&bhcp = 1
Africans in American
Pathways to Freedom: Maryland and the Underground Railroad
PLACES TO VISIT
Levi Coffin House (Fountain City, IN) nps.gov/nr/travel/underground/in2.htm Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Dresden, ON) www.uncletomscabin.org/homepg.htm John P. Parker House (Ripley, OH) ripleyohio.net/htm/oldpages/parker.htm |
John Rankin House (Ripley, OH) ripleyohio.net/htm/rankin.htm National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (Cincinnati, OH) freedomcenter.org Milton House Museum (Milton, WI) miltonhouse.org |
Introduction: Why are there many myths and legends about the Underground Railroad? Chapter 1: How did the U.S. Constitution enable Southern states to maintain the institution of slavery? Chapter 2: What are some of the ways different groups of people objected to slavery before the Underground Railroad began? Chapter 3: Why did the Underground Railroad start when it did? Why not sooner? |
Chapter 4: What obstacles did fugitive slaves face in making their way to freedom and how did they overcome these obstacles? Chapter 5: Why would slaves risk the dangers of escape to gain their freedom? Chapter 6: Why did people help runaway slaves if it was so dangerous? Chapter 7: Could slavery have been abolished without the Civil War? Chapter 8: How has your daily life been influenced by the Underground Railroad? |
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