Underground Railroad Activity

The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses that were used by 19th century slaves who escaped to free states. The people who aided runaway slaves were known as abolitionists, both black and white, free and enslaved. It is estimated that by 1850, 100,000 slaves had escaped due to the Underground Railroad.


The link below is a game by National Geographic, the game allows you to be a slave and make your own decisions to see how long you could have survived as a slave.

"You are a slave. You belong to a farmer who owns a tobacco plantation on the eastern shore of Maryland. Six long days a week you tend his field. But not for much longer . . . What will you do? Make your choices well as you embark on your journey to freedom."


http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/underground-railroad-journey-freedom/?ar_a=1


_Emily