RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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people who guided escaped slaves to safe places
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people who hid escaped slaves in their homes
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people who forced slaves to work in the fields
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people who worked to allow women to vote
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Detailed explanation-1: -Those who guided the enslaved people were known as “conductors, ” while hiding places such as private homes, churches and schoolhouses were “stations, ” “safe houses” or “depots”. The people organising these locations were “stationmasters”.
Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Thomas Garrett, born of a wealthy Quaker family and prominent merchant, became one of the most active and influential stationmasters on the Underground Railroad for more than four decades. It is estimated he had a hand in helping at least 2, 700 Black Southerners escape slavery despite almost going bankrupt for a time.