https://padlet.com/20wallbr2/jkes6dj9zbet Part 3 Modern America en-us 2018-05-15 21:33:01 UTC 2018-05-15 21:47:54 UTC hello@padlet.com 20wallbr2 https://padlet.com/20wallbr2/jkes6dj9zbet/wish/261025243 Tubman was a very famous conductor of the Underground Railroad and she was able to led many slaves to freedom in the North.]]> 2018-05-15 21:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/20wallbr2/jkes6dj9zbet/wish/261025243 20wallbr2 https://padlet.com/20wallbr2/jkes6dj9zbet/wish/261025439 Coffin was a Quaker and and abolitionist. With the help of his wife they helped over 1,500 slaves escape to freedom in the North.]]> 2018-05-15 21:37:18 UTC https://padlet.com/20wallbr2/jkes6dj9zbet/wish/261025439 20wallbr2 https://padlet.com/20wallbr2/jkes6dj9zbet/wish/261025675 The Underground Railroad is a system of safehouses (stations) and secret routes to help slaves escape to freedom in the North or Canada. Slaves traveling the railroad were helped by conductors (leaders) and abolitionists ]]> 2018-05-15 21:38:47 UTC https://padlet.com/20wallbr2/jkes6dj9zbet/wish/261025675 20wallbr2 https://padlet.com/20wallbr2/jkes6dj9zbet/wish/261026001 The movement took place all across the country. The Railroad started in the south and then traveled north while passing through many states. Thus, the railroad is significant because it didn't take place in one singular place]]> 2018-05-15 21:40:53 UTC https://padlet.com/20wallbr2/jkes6dj9zbet/wish/261026001 20wallbr2 https://padlet.com/20wallbr2/jkes6dj9zbet/wish/261026270 Various issues such as the compromise of 1850 and the Dred Scott Decision (1857) led slaves to try to escape via the underground railroad.Thus the 1850s and the 1860s were the height of the movement. ]]> 2018-05-15 21:42:57 UTC https://padlet.com/20wallbr2/jkes6dj9zbet/wish/261026270 20wallbr2 https://padlet.com/20wallbr2/jkes6dj9zbet/wish/261026704 The railroad occurred because of the mistreatment of African Americans. These Americans were looking for a way to escape the life they were currently living and create a new path free of servitude for themselves]]> 2018-05-15 21:45:57 UTC https://padlet.com/20wallbr2/jkes6dj9zbet/wish/261026704 20wallbr2 https://padlet.com/20wallbr2/jkes6dj9zbet/wish/261026961 “Underground Railroad.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 14 May 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Railroad#Notable_people.]]> 2018-05-15 21:47:48 UTC https://padlet.com/20wallbr2/jkes6dj9zbet/wish/261026961