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Many escaping slaves used this to guide them to freedom when they traveled at night?
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How did Harriet Tubman guide to freedom?
she used the underground railroad , and courage Because of that, she saved 300 slaves
Why did Harriet Tubman decide to be a guide for the underground railroad?
Harriet Felt bad if she had to leave all those slaves to find out how to work that contraption so she became the guide to freedom for probably hundreds of slaves,maybe even thousands.
Why did the slaves use the north star for freedom?
They were traveling north, so the North Star was their guide.
How did Harriet Tubman contributed to African Americans resistance to the fugitive slave act?
She used the Underground Railroad to guide hundreds of slaves to freedom.
How did Harriet Tubman contributed to African Americans resistance to fugitive slave act?
She used the Underground Railroad to guide hundreds of slaves to freedom.
How did harriet Tubman contribute to African Americans' resistance to the fugitive slave act?
She used the Underground Railroad to guide hundreds of slaves to freedom.
How did Harriet Tubman contribute to African American's resistance to the fugitive slave act?
She used the Underground Railroad to guide hundreds of slaves to freedom.
How did Harriet Tubman contribute to African Americans resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act?
She used the Underground Railroad to guide hundreds of slaves to freedom.
Why was the big dipper a good guide for the African American slaves?
Regardless of the season or the time of night, the "drinkin' gourd" always appears in the northern sky, which was the direction in which freedom lay for most of the fugitive slaves.
What is a female guide called?
A female guide is called a tour guide. This is a person that will show you the area that you have traveled to.
How did the Underground Railroad help escaping people?
The Underground Railroad was not an actual railroad. It was a route that helped slaves escape their cruel masters and guided them to freedom in the North where slavery was not allowed. There were many "conductors", or people who helped guide the slaves from house to house safely. The journeys took place at night, when the slaves day work was done, so that they were less likely to get caught.
How did geography affect the underground railroad?
A difficult and dangerous trip north to Canada became the dream of many slaves seeking freedom. Eventually a rescue route called the Underground Railroad was developed to help these runaways find freedom. But even with this route there were dangers around every corner. This unit study follows the trek of some of these slaves as they fight their way to freedom. With no maps and no clear directions the fugitive slaves would travel on foot through forests, sometimes they would hide in wagons to travel by day and through towns and then there was the waterways where they would wade, swim, raft and ferry across! The Great Lakes divided Upper and Lower Canada (now Ontario and Quebec) with the United States. There were only a few places where the lakes could be crossed. Slave hunters knew this and so they kept an eye on these towns. With the North star as their guide, fugitive slaves headed north, with hopes to find Canada and freedom. Since runaway slaves traveled at night so as to avoid capture, the North star was the easiest guide to follow. But what about cloudy nights when the stars were hidden? Sometimes they had a compass to help them find their way but other times they had to rely on other means of determining which way is north.
