USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

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Former slave who helped on the Underground Railroad

(A) James Cook

(B) Annabelle Lewis

(C) ** Harriet Tubman

(D) Harriet Beecher Stowe

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Known as the “Moses of her people, ” Harriet Tubman was enslaved, escaped, and helped others gain their freedom as a “conductor” of the Underground Railroad. Tubman also served as a scout, spy, guerrilla soldier, and nurse for the Union Army during the Civil War.

Concept note-2: -The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway recounts the life story of Harriet Tubman – freedom seeker, Underground Railroad conductor, abolitionist, suffragist, human rights activist, and one of Maryland’s most famous daughters.