Tashkent State Transport University Correspondence Department sem-6 group student Aliyev Nodirjon Department of English Teacher: Kurbanova Muhabbat

Tashkent State Transport University Correspondence Department SEM-6 group student Aliyev Nodirjon Department of English Teacher: Kurbanova Muhabbat

Underground Railway

The underground railway was the network of secret routes and safe houses that black Americans used to escape slavery. It was started in the late 1800

The underground railway was the network of secret routes and safe houses that black Americans used to escape slavery. It was started in the late 1800

What was the underground railway

The underground railway was risky because white Americans were on the search for them. If the black Americans get caught, escaped slaves were severely punished.

The underground railway was risky because white Americans were on the search for them. If the black Americans get caught, escaped slaves were severely punished.

Slavery of black Americans

Abolitionists

The abolitionists that helped guide slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad were often called “conductors”.Some of these “conductors”were Harriet Tubman,Frederick Douglass,William Lloyd Garrisonand William Still.

Being Homesick

In the early years, some black immigrants remembered their lives before slavery and wanted to see their homelands again. But their letters were denied by the Americans and they never get the chance to go home.
The Churches
Quaker and Methodist churches support the fugitives who usually travelled hundreds of kilometers on foot.

Josiah Henson

Josiah Henson was a slave in Charles county Maryland who escaped to upper Canada. When he was a boy, his father was a slave.

Richard Pierpoint
Richard Pierpoint was a slave since he was captured and sold at age 16. He survived crossing the Atlantic and was sold to someone named Pierpoint.

 James Douglas

Sir James Douglas was a British colonial governor in Vancouver island who invited some black colonists to settle with him.

Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman was an African American abolitionist and union spy during the civil war. She was also a black activist who helped hundreds of slaves escape through the railway.
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