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UNIT 10: Divided Nation
UNIT 10: Divided Nation
Lesson: Harriet Tubman The Underground Railroad
Lesson: Harriet Tubman The Underground Railroad
8.43 Analyze the significance of leading abolitionists, including Harriet Tubman, and the methods they used to spread the movement.
8.43 Analyze the significance of leading abolitionists, including Harriet Tubman, and the methods they used to spread the movement.
The Abolitionist Movement
The Abolitionist Movement
As differences increased between the regions, conflicts arose between people in the north and south. Over time, these conflicts, especially over slavery, got more and more intense. Evolutionists believed slavery should be ended, or abolished. The Abolitionist Movement gathered strength from the religious attitudes of the Second Great Awakening. They wrote letters to newspapers and made speeches, trying to outlaw slavery. Some abolitionists helped on the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman
One leading abolitionist, Harriet Tubman, let hundreds of enslaved African-Americans to freedom on secret route used to escape the south. These routes became known as the Underground Railroad.
The Underground Railroad was a network of people and safe houses who helped enslaved African-Americans escape to freedom.
Harriet Tubman
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