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Learn about the differences and similarities of the Underground Railroad going North and South.

Make a decision, if you are going to run how, when and why? Learn about the symbols the Spirituals held for those planning to run.

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YouTube: Echoes of the Nazarene

Answer the question for yourself, would you run, how and why. Review video.

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Listen to the review of last week’s lesson and learn about the symbols on a patchwork quilt that gave directions to the conductor for the journey. Decide if you would be a Conductor or a Station Master or both.

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Learn about the codes, signs and symbols of the Northern Underground Railroad.

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Words used to describe the place that the enslaved were running to:

   Canaan – Canada 

   Heaven – Canada

   River Jordan – Ohio River 

Names for people who were taking enslaved people to freedom:

   Conductor 

   Shepherd 

   Preacher 

   Moses – Harriet Tubman 

Names for places people would stay:

   Station Master – the name of the person who owned the safe house 

   Safe House 

   Stop 

   Station 

   Depot 

   Line – line referred to the road from one safe house to another 

Names for passengers: 

   Cargo 

   Freight 

   Passenger 

   Baggage 

   Packages 

   Parcel 

Secret word: friend of a friend 

Symbols: 

   Candle in the window 

Patchwork quilt 

Statue holding a lantern – this represented the statue of Jacobs – a young man who froze to death while holding a lantern for George Washington as he crossed the river. George Washington made a statue of him to honor him for his bravery and service. We have seen these statues on lawns in the 60s and hated them because they seemed like they were disrespectful to Black people, but in reality they were symbols for the statue of Jocko Graves and also used on the Underground Railroad.

Questions: What was the name of the Southern  Underground Railroad?

Answer: The Saltwater Underground Railroad