Unit 3: The Secret Road to Freedom (1ère Générale)

 (At the following of what we did last time)

The runaway slaves would travel from the southern states (the slave states) to the northern states (the free states). To avoid being caught easily, they would avoid the popular routes that would be watched over by the slave catchers and pro-slavery sympathizers.

Everyone was transported on the Underground Railroad to flee slavery: men, women, children and infants. As a group they used a secret code to travel with them, they were called “trains” or “wagons”.

Homework: Learn the lesson.

Complete the message of Harriet Tubman with the code of the Underground Railroad you received in class.