RESOURCES

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

pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html

Pathways to Freedom: Maryland and the Underground Railroad

pathways.thinkport.org/about

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

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

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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