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A state-funded collaboration between the Delaware Department of Education and the University of Delaware Library providing online magazines, journals, encyclopedias and training for all Delaware K-12 public schools
Delaware public school students should contact their classroom teacher or school librarian to obtain the UDLib/SEARCH username and password to access the UDLib/SEARCH resources in this guide.
Excerp from Abolition and the Underground Railroad:
“In the 1830s, many people and groups in the North started to demand the abolition of slavery and the emancipation of those who had been enslaved. Some abolitionists began helping enslaved people escape from their oppressors by using a network of secret routes and hiding places that came to be known as the Underground Railroad.”
Suggested Readings:
Suggested Readings:
Theodore Dwight Weld / Author of American Slavery as it Is
1. What is an abolitionist?
2. What was the role of conductors on the Underground Railroad?
3. What was the purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act?
4. Those who attempted to escape enslavement, those who supported the Underground Railroad, and those who spoke out publicly against slavery did so at great risk to their lives and/or their livelihood. What motivated their actions?
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