Réponse :

Bonjour,

I/

SECRET CODE

Underground = Secret.

Railroad = Route / Way.

Passengers = Escaped slaves.

Stations = Places of safety and temporary refuge, safe houses.

Stockholders = Those who donated money, food, clothing.

Conductors = People who directly transported slaves.

-How did they travel ?

Most of them travelled by foot, they moved from one station to the next at night crossing rivers, swamps and hiking mountains.

-How many people escaped ?

Around 100,000 slaves between 1810 and 1860 escaped using the network.

-What was the 1st abolitionist state ?

The first abolitionist state was Pennsylvania.

II/

-When and where was she born ?

No records of her birth were kept so, we don’t know the exact date of her birth. She believed she was born in 1825. She was born in Dorchester County, Maryland in the USA.

-What was her birth name ?

Her birth name was Araminta Ross.

-What happened to her at 6 years old ?

At 6 years old she was hired out to take care of an infant.

-What sorts of jobs did she do ?

She was hired by several families, to take care of infants, to collect muskrats from traps. At 12, she worked in fields.

-When did she escape ?

She escaped on September 17, 1849.

-Where did she go ?

She went north, to Philadelphia.

-How many people did she help after 1850 ?

She helped around 300 slaves.

-What name was she given ? And why ?

She was given the name of « Moses » because like Moses in the Bible who led the Jews to the promised land, she led the slaves to freedom.

-Where and when did she die ?

She died on March 12, 1913 in Boston Massachusetts

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