The Velvet Underground

The Underground Railroad, had many conductors to help get slaves to freedom. According to the Eastern Illinois University resources, “The Underground Railroad was a secret system developed to aid fugitive slaves on their escape to freedom”(Para 2, page 1). The Railroad, was mostly led by free black northerners, helping the enslaved blacks from the south to escape their petrifying lives and become free. William Still, who was a black abolitionist and a successful writer. Blacks knowing how to…

exposed her passengers to more risk than already presented, therefore they only traveled by proper routes during the night, took turns having passengers on lookout when resting, and only getting supplies from houses confirmed to be safe by the Underground Railroad. However, when going back into slave states by herself, Tubman would travel during the daytime by herself and created many disguises for herself should she come across previous slaveholders or anyone else that could…

“Harriet Tubman: Dancing on the Freedom Trail” Standards: Social Studies Standard 4-6, Indicator 4-6.2: Explain the contributions of abolitionists to the mounting tensions between the North and South over slavery, including William Lloyd Garrison, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and John Brown. Grade 4 Dance Standards 3: Understand dance as a way to create and communicate meaning. Objectives: 1. The student will be able to (TSWBA) explain and…

Research Paper: Gem of the Ocean August Wilson 's Gem of the Ocean, set in Pittsburgh in 1904, is full of symbolism. From a slavery bill of sale to the collection of pure dog excretion, Wilson uses symbols to develop a story of how the recent departure from slavery affected African Americans in the early 1900 's. Throughout the play, a cast of characters is introduced, and each one individually represents the mindset of the most common personalities one can find during this time…

The short story, "Desiree's Baby", written by Kate Chopin, set in Louisiana's 1892 slave era, was influenced by the irony of love and prejudices. In the story, Chopin depicts how racial bias overthrows the love a man had for his wife and child. An analysis of the story proves the irony by illustrating judgment on appearances, through racism, and self-destruction. In the beginning, it's ironic that appearances don't seem to matter. At first sight, Armand falls in love with Desiree, without…

From the information that I had gathered, Stowe had become an abolitionist during the 1830s (“The Abolitionists,”). This was around the time of the Underground Railroad, so when slavery was prohibited north of the Ohio River, slaves would make their way through the Underground Railroad to freedom. Stowe had become friends with several of the slaves; getting stories and first-person views from the fugitive slaves, which formed her book Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Uncle…

PART I The Underground Railroad was a term used to describe a high network of people, meeting places, secret routes, passageways and safe houses used by slaves in the U.S. to escape slavery. The network was administered by both Caucasian and African American individuals helping slaves escape holding states to northern states and to Canada. It developed as a joint effort of several different clandestine groups most notably the Quakers who were the first known group to take on the effort. The…

The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early-to-mid 19th century. It was used by African American slaves to escape into free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists. Allies who were sympathetic to their cause. The Underground Railroad was invented in the late 1700s. It reached its height between 1850 and 1860. One estimate suggests that by 1850 100,000…

African American slave who helped lead over three hundred slaves to freedom. Harriet Tubman is my inspiration because she accomplished impossible tasks. Harriet Tubman’s dedication as a conductor in the Underground Railroad was the essential role of freeing slaves. Harriet Tubman began in the Underground Railroad when her owner died. She decided to escape from slavery at that time. She left behind her husband, John Tubman, who refused to leave with her and threatened to turn her in. The most…

In the story, "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" it says, " She discovered that freedom meant more than the right to keep the money that one earned. It was the right to vote and to sit on juries"(138). Through all the actions of Harriet Tubman, Thomas Garrett, and Ellen Craft they all portray and relate to freedom and sacrifice which is illustrated by the quote, "We got to go free or die. And freedom's not bought with dust." Harriet Tubman shows a lot of sacrifice and…