The Underground Railroad 8C research page by nicola.goldhawk

why Disguise was so important

2021-02-22 11:42:21 UTC

it was very important because the owner of the slaves would put out a note saying what they looked like and where they were last seen and things like that so sometimes a man could dress up in women's cloth so then they could go out in public

2021-02-22 11:45:10 UTC

She was illiterate her whole life
Her code name was Moses.
She was the first women to ever lead combat assault. She helped free over 70 slaves. She was born in slavery

🤴Enslaved people were considered property.

2021-02-22 11:46:18 UTC

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Quakers played a huge role in the formation of the Underground Railroad

2021-02-22 11:46:48 UTC

At the age of 6 she had to carry heavy buckets of water to the fields

2021-02-22 11:47:09 UTC

Disguises🥸

2021-02-22 11:49:48 UTC

When slaves went missing sometimes the slaveholder would try to get them back, they would use runaway slave ads. The ads were published in newspapers or put up in public places for people to see the. The slaveholder would offer rewards if someone captured their slave. The ads included a lot of detail about the slaves so when the slaves ran away they had to use disguises so they wouldn’t get caught. The ads included things like ,Name, Age,Physical description, Sex,Height,Skin colour, Size,Hair,Distinctive/Unique marks or scars,Clothes, Personality traits,Special skill or talents,Items they took with them,Personal history,Former slave holders,Other places that the lived,Other escape attempts,Family members,Details of escape,Place they escaped from,Means of escape,Who they escaped with,Items they took with them,Possible destinations, or places that they might go.

Women would plait or braid there hair to show a map of the railroads on there heads to send a signal that they where going to escape

2021-02-22 11:51:27 UTC

The skill of disguise was necessary to escape slavery.

2021-02-22 11:51:48 UTC

2021-02-22 11:52:15 UTC

Not found underground nor on a railroad. The Underground Railroad was a movement. People who were enslaved ran away in order to be free. They were sometimes helped by others. Those who ran away are called freedom seekers.

Escaping from slavery on the Underground Railroad involved a lot of skill and creativity, including the use of disguises.

Slave holders printed advertisements for runaway slaves in newspapers.

In order to avoid being caught and returned to slavery, freedom seekers used disguises to change the way that they looked. For example, “Ben” escaped from slavery dressed in women’s clothes. This allowed him to leave his hiding place and go out in public.

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2021-02-22 11:54:57 UTC

_{Quakers played a huge role}

GOOD QUAKERS

2021-02-22 11:56:21 UTC

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nicola_goldhawk — 2021-02-22 12:02:07 UTC

[12:01 PM] Frederick Black People would escape trying to hide in plain sight. The slave owner would try to get them back because they were seen a property