SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
UNCLE TOMS CABIN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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it’s where he last saw his dad
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a slave woman died there
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he once fell there
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there are rats
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Detailed explanation-1: -Quaker abolitionist Thomas Garrett, raised on a farm in Upper Darby, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, regularly hid runaway slaves and assisted as many as 3, 000 fugitives in their escape.
Detailed explanation-2: -Thomas Garrett is best known for his tireless efforts in behalf of the abolition of slavery. His first endeavor started at age twenty-four, by rescuing a kidnapped, free Black woman who was to be sold into slavery in the South.
Detailed explanation-3: -Thomas Garrett was perhaps the busiest stationmaster on the entire Underground Railroad. From his hardware store in Wilmington, which had a secret panel, he helped over 2, 300 fugitive slaves slip through the last 20 miles of slave territory into Pennsylvania.
Detailed explanation-4: -Garrett was born on August 21, 1789, in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia, to Sarah Price and Thomas Garrett. The family were members of the Quaker Darby Friends Meeting.