Grade 4

Created by Caren Barnes

Vocabulary slavery: the wrongful practice of owning a person

as property. network: an organized and connected system fugitives: people who are running away. slave: a person who is the property of another conductor: a code word used by people involved

in the Underground Railroad to talk about a person who helped slaves escape.

coaches: passenger vehicles drawn by horses. severe: harsh or extremely painful. master: a person who owned slaves. Drinking Gourd- code name the slaves used for

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Look at the photograph of hiding places in a safe house.

Questions:As an underground fugitive, select one of the three hiding places and explain why you would be hiding in that location.

What are some things you would do to make sure your spot is not compromised or discovered by slave hunters?

How would hiding in this location make you feel as you are being hunted by slave hunters?

Underground Railroad

http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=19374

Transportation

Sometimes fugitives would be transported from one station to another in false-bottom wagons.

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• Located on the Ohio River near Ripley, Ohio.

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hundreds of escaped slaves.

• Was considered one of the first stations of Ohio’s Underground Railroad.

• 1822 to 1865

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• 100 steps leading from the Ohio River to the Rankin house.

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• The Reuben Benedict House is located at 1463 County Rd. 24, in Peru Township near Marengo, Ohio

• Active station on the Underground Railroad.

Spring Hill House

• Stark County

• Massillon, Ohio

• This house had a hidden staircase leading from the basement to the second floor.

• No slaves were ever caught in this house.

Col. William Hubbard House

This was often the last stop before crossing Lake Erie into Canada.

Was in close proximity to the shore of Lake Erie.

No slaves were caught in this house.

Ashtabula, Ohio

http://www.ohiohistorystore.com/Ohio-Underground-Trails-Map-P7228C44.aspx

Final Thought

Why did some fugitive slaves risk their lives to travel through Ohio and settle in Canada?