We read about Harriet Tubman and her bravery in rescuing hundreds of slaves using the Underground Railroad. The diagram below was used to help the children understand that the Underground Railroad was neither underground or a physical railroad. The children learned that in this context "underground" means "secret" and it was called a "Railroad" because people would travel so far and stop, then travel to the next "station" and stop. We discussed how people would hide slaves as they traveled to freedom as they traveled North. Harriet Tubman made many journeys back to the south, risking her freedom, in order to help others.
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