The Road to Freedom—the Underground Railroad

The way to freedom - Introduction of subway train "In most cases I was suffering from the cold, the heavy rain from the clouds, the shock of the whirlwind, and the wild tornado ... Battlefield ... But in justice and liberty, The bloody whip was not buried in the trembling of the slave ... "(7, pi). This is the state of the subway. This is a fictional railway, but it fulfills the same purpose. In other words, it is to transport people from one place to another.

For American black slaves, the road to freedom is long and difficult. Of course, the subway is not a train. It is a simple network of black-and-white Americans who are dedicated to destroying slavery by helping individual slaves escape from freedom. The story of the subway road is full of danger and drama, tragedy and victory, evil slave hunter and sneaky heroes. We think that this is a topic to teach children about what happened to these brave men and women during the civil war. The subway is an important part of history. In order to prevent this hatred from happening again, I would like the children to understand what happened then.

Between 1840 and 1860 before the American Civil War, Africans chased the North Star of the subway to find freedom in Canada. It is not a real train, but a secret route and a secure home network that help people escape from slavery and reach free state and Canada. Sometimes there are guidelines to help people find the way to the next destination. Traveling by subway is dangerous and you need as much luck as the guide. "Railway" actually started in the 1880s, but it was called the subway road in the 1830s. The organization uses railway terminology as a codeword. People who help people move from one place to another are called "orders" and refugees who escape are called "passengers" or "goods". The place to visit and rest safely is called "site". The commander is also the abolishmentist - the abolition of slavery. They are black and white, male and female. Many of them are Quaker or Methodist.

Harriet Tabman, probably the most famous conductor of the Mass Transit Railroad, helped hundreds of uncontrollable slaves escape from freedom. She has not lost one of them on the way. As an escaping slave, she was on the subway with the help of another famous conductor, William Still. He continues to write a book called "Underground Railway: Factual Records, True Story, Letters ..." which contains an explanation of the fugitives slaves who escape freedom through underground railroads. John Parker is a venture slave who escaped to slavery to help free others. He directed one of the busiest sections of the subway trail and carried the escaping slave to the Ohio River. Pastor John Rankin, his neighbors and fellow commander, worked with him on the subway. Both families are functioning as subway stations